balloon, which China said is for meteorological purposes but the US insists has been spying, could be seen on television collapsing and falling from the sky. Balloon was downed off the South Carolina coastline, with the goal of recovering the remnants before they sink into the oceanA US warplane has shot down a Chinese high-altitude balloon over the Atlantic Ocean after it had crossed the entire US and caused a diplomatic rift between the two countries.The
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-shoots-chinese-spy-balloon-b2275907.html
President Joe Biden says he “ordered the Pentagon to shoot it down on Wednesday as soon as possible”
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/04/chinese-spy-balloon-shot-down-us
Summary automatically generated by NewSUM A.I. from the following sources:
- US shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon over east coast (the guardian)
- US shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon over Atlantic ocean (independent.co.uk)
