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just revealed to give the military the order to shoot down that balloon three days ago. lucas tomlinson live at the white house, lucas. >> that afternoon guys u.s. air force f-22 that locked from langley air force base in virginia fired a single sidewinder missile to destroy the spy blimp six off the coast of south carolina took late at 3:30 9:00 p.m. in the afternoon. the debris field is stretching . the u.s. navy is sending a salvage crew. president biden spoke moments ago. >> on wed...

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Its not very easy to track them because theyre made out of plastic, vinyl on the top so it doesnt have much of a radar signature, and the payload underneath is generally not that large. the one we shot down over south carolina was a larger one, so they say about the size of three buses. but usually these balloons have a relatively small payload. its the hard to find on ray car. they move really -- radar. they move really slowly which makes it something thats less threaten, so people react less q...

Or take us inside what happens on a day like today when you get the order she down this balloon? >> youre like its one of the targets once i was involved down to shoot ganz over in afghanistan for own balloons or lower altitude you could fly by them at the helicopter and puncturing the smaller rounds like a machine gun. you can control the dissent then you can control better than damage of any of the electronics and the payload underneath as well for the biggest difference here, much larger expl...