The balloon was punctured by a missile launched from an F-22 fighter jet while it was approximately six nautical miles off the shore in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
The balloon, estimated to be the size of three school buses, flying at 60,000 feet, was passing over strategic American military facilities, U.S. media reported."They successfully took it down, and I want to compliment our aviators who did it," U.S. President Joe Biden applauded the team that popped the balloon.
Meanwhile, China retaliated by claiming the flyover was an accident involving a "civilian" aircraft and threatened repercussions. It was punctured by a missile launched from an F-22 fighter jet while it was approximately six nautical miles off the shore in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.Several media reports earlier cited how Americans spent the entire week staring up into the sky, wondering if the balloon had passed over them.
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