efforts are underway to recover the debris. prior to military action, faa closed the airspace above north and south carolina. the agency calling the move away to support the pentagon in a national security event. fox team coverage, jamail, founder executive director of the national security institute standing by with his reaction. ryan on downplaying the mission. lucas tomlinson live with the latest reaction from president biden. u.s. air force fighter jet that launched from virginia shot down the chinese spy balloon off the coast of south carolina 2:39 p.m. eastern time. president biden spoke about a few hours ago. when i was briefed on the balloon, i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible. damage on the ground, decided the best time was overwater within a 12-mile limit. successfully took it down and i want to complement our aviators who did it. the 12-mile limit the extent of u.s. territorial watters. this video on surfside south carolina near myrtl
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 on wedn