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The U.S. military shot down what U.S. officials called a Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4, 2023. Officials said that the U.S. Navy planned to recover the debris, which is in shallow water.

US officials say balloon was brought down on president Joe Biden’s authorisation

Beijing says it will ‘not accept any groundless conjecture’ after balloons spotted over US and Latin America

‘We’re monitoring the situation closely and reviewing options’

White House has so far decided against shooting down balloon over Montana

150 warheads located at Malmstrom Air Force Base

The balloon was shot down on Saturday afternoon along the East Coast at President Joe Biden’s orders

China has played down the cancellation of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken after a large Chinese balloon suspected of conducting surveillance on U.S. military sites roiled diplomatic relations, saying that neither side had formally announced any such plan

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed a visit to Beijing after a high-altitude Chinese spy balloon was earlier spotted soaring over the city of Billings in Montana, US

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed a trip to China amid a diplomatic row between the two countries

The Pentagon Friday evening (local time) said that another Chinese spy balloon was spotted flying over Latin America, a day after US officials said that they tracking a similar surveillance balloon making its way across the United States airspace. Read Further on Dynamite News: