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US warplanes have shot down a Chinese high-altitude balloon over the Atlantic Ocean after it had crossed the entire US and caused a diplomatic rift between the two countries.

The balloon, which China said is for meteorological purposes but the US insists has been spying, could be seen on television collapsing and falling from the sky.

Earlier, Joe Biden told reporters that “we’re going to take care of it,” and the president was reported to have given the order for it to be shot down over the ocean, after several days flying at 60,000 feet over the US.

The US military had warned that a shoot-down over land could risk casualties on the ground.

An aviation exclusion area was declared off the North Carolina coast before fighter jets were launched. US officials told US reporters the balloon had been shot down within the 12-mile limit of US territorial waters. A salvage operation was reported to be under way to recover fragments of the destroyed aircraft.

US President, Joe Biden has confirmed that a suspected Chinese spy balloon has been "successfully taken down".

The balloon was shot down by an Air Force fighter aircraft, after US military jets were seen flying in the vicinity.

Bloomberg reports the Biden admin was first aware the Chinese spy balloon entered U.S. airspace one week ago on 1/28, and had opted not to inform the American public about it until the Bilings Gazette published a photo of the balloon on Thursday.

SweetSauce:
I still don't get the reason for the 8 you Muslims have towards America.
Funny enough, China nor send una religion.

useni1:
After all data have been collected and sent to Beijing. Americans are clowns. The overhyped US. Tranny military won't last 30mins in a war with China.

useni1:
After all data have been collected and sent to Beijing. Americans are clowns. The overhyped US. Tranny military won't last 30mins in a war with China.

Steph17:
That's how they look for trouble and when US retaliates they start crying

Antiochus:
China said it was a baloon that monitors weather that strayed into U.S. There are other ways of spying out a country from the outer space with powerful satellites a capability China and other world powers possess.

Masterkit47:
Tension everywhere

SweetSauce:
I still don't get the reason for the 8 you Muslims have towards America.
Funny enough, China nor send una religion.

izubext007:
China wan show Thier small self with us , they should go and ask zenlesky