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"Why not shoot it down? We have to do the risk-reward here," a senior defence official said on Thursday.
"Does it pose a threat to civilian aviation? Our assessment is it does not. Does it pose a significantly enhanced threat on the intelligence side? Our best assessment right now is that it does not. President Joe Biden was briefed on the balloon's movements and requested options from his military advisers. And while there was consideration to down the balloon while it was over Montana, the advice was to ultimately not to.Joe Biden was briefed on the balloon's movements and requested options from his military advisers.
But that's not to say that it couldn't be shot down eventually; the senior defence official said on Thursday that the US has "options to deal with this balloon" if the risk it poses changes.
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