U.S. Military Shoots Down Chinese Spy Balloon After Biden Let It Travel Across Country

After President Joe Biden refused, the U.S. military shot it down from the air. The Chinese spy balloon had traveled thousands of miles through the country.

After the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which announced that it had closed several North and South Carolina airports as part of a U.S. military operation, the military took down the spy satellite.

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“We know that balloon has violated US airspace and international law — which is unacceptable. And we’ve conveyed this directly to the PRC on multiple levels,” He told reporters Friday. “The fact is, we know that it’s a surveillance balloon, and I’m not going to be able to be more specific than that.”

In a statement, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the balloon was an ad. “civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological purposes.”

The statement stated that the balloon would explode. “deviated far from its planned course.” Distance from China to Montana: Approximately 5,000 miles

A U.S. official Submitted The New York Times that the spy balloon traveled from China to Alaska’s Aleutian Islands then to Canada before ending up over Montana.

CNN was told by an official that the spy ballon had been overflying. “a number of sensitive sites” It was found in the U.S., but it claimed it didn’t pose a serious threat to intelligence gathering.

“Clearly they’re trying to fly this — this balloon over sensitive sites … to collect information,” Official from the United States  Thursday

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