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general keane, i m not sure if you can see this, but we have a live shot now of this balloon going down. this balloon has been taken dow- oh, that s great. arthel: it is now i falling from the sky there over surfside beach, south carolina. so your reaction to this, sir. i m watching it. well, first of all, well done. congrats to the military for being able to do that. arthel: very dramatic, indeed. lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with the very latest. lucas. reporter: we ve just learned from this background call with pentagon officials that it was an f-22 fighter jet flying out of langley air force base, that s near virginia beach, that shot down this chinese spy balloon using a single sidewinder missile, a heat-seeking missile. some questions if there was enough heat signature off this chinese apparatus to be able to shoot it down with a sidewinder. but i digress. the shot-down happened at 2:39 eastern time off the coast of south carolina. very notable ....
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 wednesday when i was briefed on the bloom i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday as soon as possible. they decided without doing damage to anyone on the ground, they decided the best time to do that is when it got over water. within the 12-mile limit. the success took it down i want to complement our aviators who did it. we ll have more to report in this little later thank you. hugs your sake the recommendation from your national security? once i told them to shoot down progress o ....
The air we had the shot, and you quickly called it, arthel. you respondented it and reported it spotted it and reported it real eau realtime. amazing when we re able to show our viewers or in realtime what s happening. arthel: thank you very much. the big saturday show is up next. we will be back tomorrow at noon eastern. please join us then. hello everyone along with tammy bruce, lisa booth and david welcome to the big saturday show . the big story tonight. fox news alert u.s. military fighter jack shoots down a chinese spy balloon just as across south carolina into the electric ocean. also tonight flight arriving and departing for airports in the carolinas but president biden ....