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The United States government shoots down a suspected Chinese spy balloon that had been spotted above US airspace off the coast of South Carolina. (Anadolu) ANKARA -The US shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon on Saturday which had been spotted above US airspace off the coast of South Carolina for several days already. An operation is underway to recover debris from the balloon in the Atlantic Ocean. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the decision was made at the direction of US President Biden. "U.S. fighter aircraft assigned to U.S. Northern Command successfully brought down the high altitude surveillance balloon launched by and belonging to the People's Republic of China (PRC)," he said in a statement. "The balloon, which was being used by the PRC in an attempt to surveil strategic sites in the continental United States, was brought down above U.S. territorial waters." On Wednesday, President Biden gave his authorization to take down the surveillance ball ....

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