WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, under fire from some lawmakers, said on Thursday (Feb 9) he did not view a Chinese spy balloon that transited the US before it was shot down in the Atlantic Ocean to have been a major security breach. Biden, who has sought to maintain communications with China and not allow tensions with Beijing to get...
An undated US Federal Bureau of Investigation handout photo taken aboard the USS Carter Hull off South Carolina shows FBI Special Agents assigned to the bureau’s Evidence Response Team ready to process material recovered from the high-altitude Chinese balloon that was shot down by a US military jet off the coast of South Carolina, in this image released by the FBI in Washington, US on Feb 9, 2023.
He said US military officials were worried that by shooting it down over land, the balloon and its parts could drop into a populated area. "They made a wise decision. They shot it down over water, they're recovering most of the parts, and they're good," he said.
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