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we ll have much more on the suspected spy balloon in a moment, but first this breaking news just coming in. the man who led pakistan at the start of america s declared war on terror and the conflict in neighboring afghanistan has died. he died after a prolonged illness according to a statement from pakistan s military. he was in dubai where he lived for several years in self-imposed exile. musharraf was 79 years old. you re now about to see and hear i think we re going to you re now about to see and hear the dramatic moment a u.s. sidewinder missile took out the suspected chinese spy balloon that caused such havoc last week. here it is. it happened saturday off the coast of south carolina near myrtle beach. the balloon was so high up at nearly 12 miles or 20 kilometers that it took a few seconds for the shock wave to reach the ground. china issued a stern protest afterward accusing the u.s. of overreacting. beijing insists it was a civilian research balloon that b ....
It did fall from a height of 60,000 feet. so nearly 12 miles and impacted the water that may very well have done serious damage to the technology on board. that s what the pentagon and that s what the u.s. government will figure out. what condition is it in and what is salvageable, what can you learn from this? what can you glean about the state of chinese technology and what they put on that surveillance balloon? that becomes the effort now. a senior defense official says that didn t just start now, though. over the course of the last several days, the pentagon made an effort to make sure this chinese surveillance balloon couldn t gather as much information as they were looking for, although they wouldn t detail exactly what those efforts entailed. they tried to flip the script, monitoring the balloon constantly and trying to learn what they could about it as it traversed the united states. in terms what was went into this beforehand, there were days of planning to figure out the best ....
A senior defense official says they didn t just start now, though. over the course of the last several days the pentagon made an effort to make sure this chinese surveillance balloon couldn t gather as much information as they were looking for although they wouldn t detail exactly what those efforts entailed, instead they tried to flip the script monitoring the balloon constantly and trying to learn what they could about it as it traversed the united states. in terms of what went flue this beforehand, there were days of planning to figure out what best possible time to shoot this down. in fact, it was decided not to shoot it down over the continental united states because of the risk to people and property. instead that decision was made out over the water. the pentagon and northern command launched f22 from northern hampton, virginia. in the end it was a single f22 that fired a single a-wind sidewinder that in a dramatic video we saw pierces the ....
Carrying from the ocean floor, not all that deep. a senior defense official says the wreckage land in the 47 feet of water, so relatively shallow, and there were navy and coast guard on set to begin establishing a perimeter and salvage vessel on the way to start bringing up the wreckage. may be difficult to see what s left. it did fall from nearly 12 miles and impacted the water, that may have very well done serious damage to the technology on board. that s what the pentagon and u.s. government will figure out what condition it is in and what is salvageable, what can you learn from this now, and what can you glean about the state of chinese technology and what they put on that surveillance balloon? that becomes the effort now. a senior defense official says that didn t just start now, though. over the course of the last several days, the pentagon made an effort to make sure this chinese surveillance balloon couldn t gather as much information as they were looking for, although they w ....