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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 wednesday when i was briefed on the bloom i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday as soon ...

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It's not very easy to track them because they're made out of plastic, vinyl on the top so it doesn't 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. it's the hard to find on ray car. they move really -- radar. they move really slowly which makes it something that's less threaten, so people react less quickly. we need another the a better job of coming up with a scheme to monitor for slow moving,...

Or take us inside what happens on a day like today when you get the order she down this balloon? >> you're like it's 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 explosion much greater potential for damage precooked lieutenant, lisa here. why do you think we waite...