New Video Emerges Showing Close-Up Footage of Chinese Spy Balloon Being Shot Down

New footage was released Saturday showing close-up footage that shows the moment that the U.S. Military shot a video Chinese Over the Atlantic Ocean, spy balloons can be seen flying high in the sky.

A top U.S. military officer The F-22 Raptor wiped out the spy ballon with one air-to–air A9X sidewinder rocket that was fired from an altitude of 58,000 feet.

Officials waited for the balloon to be several miles from South Carolina’s coast before they took the shot. This was in order to prevent any potential damage from falling debris from the sky.

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Biden attempted to win a victory lap after the spy balloon was shot. He claimed that he “ordered the Pentagon to shoot it down on Wednesday as soon as possible,” But it was decided to not drop it on land, as the debris could cause serious damage if it fell to the ground.

U.S. officials were reportedly “well aware” that the balloon had crossed into American airspace on January 28 and that it was over Idaho on Tuesday, but decided not to inform the public to not upend Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s diplomatic trip to China.

Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense  It was revealed that the spy balloon was delivered to the U.S. “in an attempt to surveil strategic sites in the continental United States.”

Biden faced intense challenges Examine carefully from top lawmakers who said that the spy balloon should have been shot down last month when it crossed over Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.

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