The U.S. military decided not to shoot down aChinese spy balloonover Alaska because the recovery of the downed balloon would have been much riskier, defense officials told a Senate panel on Thursday.The Biden administration has faced intense criticism over its decision to allow the surveillance ...
US military fighter jets on Saturday shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon over the Atlantic Ocean in a mission President Biden hailed as a successChina has expressed its "strong dissatisfaction and protest" against Washington's decision to shoot down its balloon, accusing it of "overreacting" ...
I have already seen people write something to the effect of, "If one of dem goldarn Chinese spy balloons comes' 'round here I'll shoot it my own damn self". No. Actually, you won't. Let's start here. The Chinese Balloon (yeah, probably a spy balloon, but let's wait for some ...
Brad Panovich shared video on Twitter of 2 US Air Force planes circling the balloon just prior to shooting it down. Fighters jets circling the balloon ready to shoot it down over off of Myrtle Beach.#ChineseSpyBalloonpic.twitter.com/7BnMkmhUaJ — Brad Panovich (@wxbrad)February 4, 2023 Th...
Fox News’s Senior National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin offered a comprehensive report on Monday as to why the Biden administration waited days to shoot down the Chinese spy balloon traversing the United States – and noted the measures the Pentagon...
Montana, and the rest of the country, is freaking out about this Chinese spy balloon that's been hovering overhead for the last few days. Rightfully so. No matter your political stance, everyone wants to know 'where is the Chinese spy balloon now' and 'did the US shoot down the Chinese...
While the House and the Senate both voted unanimously to condemn China’s ruling political party for the incursion and largely supported the Biden administration’s decision to shoot down the balloon, they have questions about what’s next. Sen. Jon Tester, a Montana Democrat who has been...
Montana, and the rest of the country, is freaking out about this Chinese spy balloon that's been hovering overhead for the last few days. Rightfully so. No matter your political stance, everyone wants to know 'where is the Chinese spy balloon now' and 'did the US shoot down the Chinese...
Specifically, that of spy balloons from China our military is forced to shoot down. At first, I laughed at the idea - a balloon, in broad daylight, designed to "spy." But then, I remembered an incident here in New Hampshire a few years back and wondered, "Did I see one of those ...
An F-22 fighter jet shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina one week after it was first detected. What took so long?