US shoots down Chinese spy balloon over ‘unacceptable’ violation
- last year
A US fighter jet on Saturday shot down a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina, the Pentagon said, over what it called Beijing’s “unacceptable violation” of American sovereignty.
The craft spent several days flying over North America, ratcheting up tensions between Washington and Beijing, before it was targeted with a missile shot from an F-22 plane, Pentagon officials said, falling into relatively shallow water just 47 feet (14 meters) deep.
READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/05/us-shoots-down-chinese-spy-balloon-over-unacceptable-violation/
The craft spent several days flying over North America, ratcheting up tensions between Washington and Beijing, before it was targeted with a missile shot from an F-22 plane, Pentagon officials said, falling into relatively shallow water just 47 feet (14 meters) deep.
READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/05/us-shoots-down-chinese-spy-balloon-over-unacceptable-violation/