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Meteorological purposes. a weather balloon, in other words. which, deviated far from its plan course because of strong winds, which is a bit hard to believe given that montana, where the balloon was actually hovering for about a day is more than 6000 miles away from mainland china. it is also home to one of americas three nuclear missile silo fields, which operates and maintains intercontinental ballistic missiles. indeed, a senior official in a bomb, was monitoring several -- sites, including a...

China has reasons to keep cool after US downs balloon    

Against the use of force by the united states. it added that it would reserve the right to make the necessary responses. the whole incident has caused tensions in what is an already delicate relationship. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, counselled a planned trip to beijing this weekend as a result. the balloon is believed to have come down and relatively shallow water, and any wreckage should be easily retrieved. the americans hope they will then be able to work out exactly what the c...

Instead, that decision was made out over the water. the pentagon and northern command launched f-22s from langley air force base in virginia as well as support f-15 craft and tankers as well. a single f-22 fired a single sidewinder, a short-range heat-seeking missile that in the dramatic video we saw pierces the balloon, one shot, one kill. breaking down and bringing down the surveillance balloon weve watched as it made its way across the u.s. that is the military side. the diplomatic side as we...

That was safe. as you may have seen, theres reporting now that the debris field that was created by this balloon when it was shot down was about seven miles long. any time the military is considering an operation like that, they have to consider the safety of the american people. the president called for this to be dealt with in a way that balanced all of the different risks. thats exactly what happened. the military did a terrific job. from our perspective in the d.o.t., of course, our main con...

China continues to insist it was a stray civilian weather observation airship. lets talk to our correspondent in beijing, barbara plett—usher. what is the reaction been to all this? ~ ., what is the reaction been to all this? ~ . , ., , this? we have seen reaction building to this crisis — this? we have seen reaction building to this crisis over _ this? we have seen reaction building to this crisis over the _ this? we have seen reaction building to this crisis over the past _ this? we have s...

To say about the u.s. shooting down the chinese spy balloon. as you can expect, the conversation depends on the party. senate majority leader, chuck schumer tweeted he commenced the presidents decision to take down the balloon over water to keep americans safe. on the other hand, republican congressman michael mccaul of texas who chairs the house foreign affairs committee wrote that the white house shouldve taken care of the balloon before and became a national security threat. he will be, quote...

Order to the military on wednesday. he was briefed on tuesday. and he said he wanted it shot down as soon as possible. now the military advised that the president wait as by that time the balloon had drifted over the more densely populated areas and could have damaged property or potentially american lives. so the president took that recommendation and then the military hatched the plan to wait until it was over open water to shoot that balloon down. really waiting a full seven days after the ba...

On for what is left of the chinese balloon. which the american military says it has been used to spy on our country. the tensions between our two countries are even more tense now than they were 24 hours ago. on saturday, an f 22 raptor shot down the balloon with a single whistle over the atlantic ocean. the pentagon says the balloon was around 60,000 feet in the air at the time. here is a look at where the balloon was actually brought down. about six nautical miles off the coast of myrtle beach...

Determine when it was safe to do so. president biden: and on wednesday when i was briefed the own the balloon i or thed the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible doubt h without doing any damage to anyone on the ground. they decided best time to do it in water 12-mile limit. >> reporter: airspace in sovereign territory extends 12 nautical heels off the coast. china maintained this was not obvious spy tool but a weather balloon that juan dered off course. they called it an attack unmanned...