Several Montana and U.S. military officials told the Billings Gazette the balloon was traveling above 65,000 feet, which is too high for the jets to reach.
After Billings Gazette photos published Feb. 1 forced President Joe Biden to acknowledge the Chinese spy balloon drifting over Montana, he said that he had earlier ordered it shot down.
People are also reading… But the mission failed because the balloon was traveling above 65,000 feet, which is too high for the jets to reach, according to conversations the Gazette has had with several Montana and U.S. military officials.After the Beartooth attempt failed, Biden said he consulted with Pentagon officials who for public safety reasons cautioned against shooting it down over land.
Photographs and video of the balloon captured by Billings Gazette photographer Larry Mayer and former Gazette editor Chase Doak were published and then shared by media outlets around the world. U.S. intelligence officials have described the Chinese balloon as one in a fleet of balloons launched by the Chinese military to test American defenses, according to CNN. The balloons have conducted at least two dozen missions over five continents in recent years, the news network said.
“I’m not going to categorize them as balloons,” he told reporters in one recent press briefing. “We’re calling them objects for a reason.” And last Wednesday, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution condemning the Chinese balloon. The president also confirmed that the U.S. military has loosened its radar filters, leading to the military spotting more objects. There is no evidence there has been a sudden increase in the number of objects in the U.S. airspace, Biden said.
At the same time, Billings Logan International Airport was closed to all arriving and departing flights during what military officials were only calling an"ongoing military operation." Pilots were warned of an"impending TFR" from the Beartooth Mountain Range to Billings. “In Montana we do not bow. We shoot it down. Take the shot,” the Republican tweeted. He also said he’d pull the trigger himself if they’d let him.
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