The US government shot down the Chinese “spy balloon” that flew over its national territory in recent days, according to local media.
Although there is still no official confirmation, several witnesses cited by the media assure that they have seen how the balloon was shot down.
The balloon, apparently, was shot down by the United States Air Force at the height of the skies of Myrtle Beach, in South Carolina.
It was shot down after the approval of President Joe Biden, when the device reached the ocean. In fact, according to local media, the remains They fell into the sea and are being collected by the US authorities.
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Several witnesses cited by the media say they have seen how the balloon was shot down. According to testimony provided to CNN by a local photographer who caught sight of what happened, several planes flew over the area and “a missile or a similar device” hit the balloon.
The Pentagon announced this past Thursday that it was following the movements of the Chinese “spy balloon” that was flying over the state of Montana (northeast US), where one of the three existing nuclear missile silo fields on US territory is located.
Initially, the Pentagon dome recommended that no action be taken against the device for security reasons, since debris could fall on the population. But, once the device reached the sea, the United States finally decided to shoot it down.
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The presence of this Chinese “spy balloon” in US airspace triggered a diplomatic crisis between Washington and Beijing and motivated the suspension of the trip that the Secretary of State, Antony Blinkenhe planned to do to China.
For its part, China admitted this Friday that the balloon belongs to it, although it assured that “it is a civil airship used for research purposes, mainly meteorological.”