But the Pentagon says that as the balloon's technical payload was roughly the size of a regional jet, and such an operation would have presented safety concerns. FRANCE 24's Bryan Quinn tells us more.
The US has shot down a giant Chinese balloon that it says has been spying on key military sites across America. The Department of Defence confirmed its fighter jets brought down the balloon over ...
In an interview with NBC scheduled to be aired on Sunday, Blinken said the US had not overreacted in shooting down the balloon, and added that there was no doubt that the device’s aim was to ...
The US military has shot down the suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast. This comes as the airspace along the coast of North and South Carolina had been closed amid the national ...
Image Credit: AP Washington: A United States fighter aircraft on Saturday downed over US territorial waters ... military for 'successfully' taking down the balloon. He added that the Pentagon ...
Dailymotion China threatens response after US shoots down ‘spy’ balloon China is insisting that the suspected "spy balloon" shot down off the US east coast was a civilian aircraft and that the ...
The U.S. shot down a Chinese surveillance ... unintended entry of the airship into US airspace due to force majeure.” However, the presence of the balloon has heightening tensions in an already ...
The US Federal Aviation Administration closed airspace in the area where the balloon was shot down until 05:15 p.m. local time Saturday NEW YORK, February 4. /TASS/. The United States on Saturday ...
In a video posted to its social media accounts, the Charlotte television station said that the balloon could be seen outside its studios shortly after 10 a.m. EST. Update 5:54 p.m. EST Feb. 4: U.S ...
China has hit out at the US and warned of further “actions” after the American military shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the South Carolina coast. In a statement on Sunday ...
China played down the cancellation of a visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken after the large Chinese balloon suspected of conducting surveillance on US military sites roiled diplomatic ...
