A suspected Chinese spy balloon that has been flying across the US has been shot down off America’s east coast, shortly after President Joe Biden vowed he was “going to take care of” it
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The balloon was then taken down shortly after 2.30pm. An operation is now underway in the Atlantic Ocean to recover debris from the balloon, which is the size of at least two buses. China, however, had insisted that the balloon was not being used for surveillance, claiming it was simply a weather research “airship” that had blown off course.
Ryder said the government had been tracking the balloon for several days, adding it was “travelling at an altitude well above commercial air traffic and does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground”. “They’re testing us. They’re mocking us. They’re trying to embarrass us and of course they’re trying to collect as much sensitive intelligence as possible from us. So, the responses I’ve seen thus far from the administration raise more questions than they answer.”US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said in a tweet that “China’s brazen disregard for US sovereignty is a destabilising action that must be addressed.
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