The United States military has shot down what it claims was a high-altitude Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic Ocean.
The Chinese government has expressed outrage, claiming it was a weather balloon that had blown off course.
The incident, which saw the craft travel at high altitude across large swaths of the continental US, has sparked a serious diplomatic row, with the US Secretary of State cancelling a planned visit to Beijing.
There is also growing criticism in the US over how President Biden handled the incursion of the craft into US airspace.
Al Jazeera’s Patty Culhane reports from Washington, DC.
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No evidence that is a spy balloon.
FIRST VIEW
US is going crazy behind balloon 🎈🎈🎈
Small balloon caused a big story. It is American jokes that send more than 20 fighter jets launching more than one missile to shoot it down. Used $1000 to catch a fly.
We have enough money…..
More like $100k to scramble jets & waste 2 missiles that missed 🤣
@Just a Troll No we don’t And if anything it’s China’s money since they own us.
the navy: we’re framing.. oh.. investigating.
how can they frame when china has already admitted it was theirs
@varoksa probably making it a spy balloon not civilian.
Dan mencari alasan yang tidak benar untuk menutup malu 🤣🤣 itu sudah biasa kalian kerjakan. 🤣
@Acuan Tjahyadi who knows, maybe we are all the same~~
The navy and defense Department have to continuously change their wording according to the tones of political infighting, like a chameleon 😰😰
Keep broadcasting on live the shame! 🎈🎈
America must b repenting on being so much behind of chineese technology…..
I saw Memphis…maybe china metrological scientists want to visit Elvis Presley. ✋
Etce chynahhh!!!!!
it may be filled with new Chinese virus ….😅😅😅 Shooting is bad option.
China flu
Thats why they shot it on ocean vicinity that when it carries some viruses,,it wont scatter to people.the virus can live3hrs on human body.on the defreezing point of minus 10degrees plus the salt water of the ocean will destroy the ability of the virus to mutate.thats the reason why usa waited the shooting of the balloon on the coast of north carolina.
US is a joke. China has satellites for spying. Now grow up.
Lol. They only shot it down when they spotted it.
Gave the Americunts something to cheer for , not bad
US now is stealing China’s intellectual property. They will to learn from China how China can develop such a technology whereas they can’t but they cannot lose face too so they created such a victimised scenario.
Why didn’t Canada shoot it down???
Lol AmeriSwines celebrating as they defeated china & Russia while only capable of doing a balloon after 5 days when spotted lol 😆 🤣
😂😂if that was spy balloon then why they don’t grab that and bring down ??why they blow that and make more complicated?coz it’s more difficult to find what exactly that😂
Why dont u tell us a way to grab it and bring it down then
@9/11^pilot your name is scary💩, I don’t want to rply
Simply weather balloon as it is, like all big countries are using for weather research, common tools & means & practice, just like surgical knife to a surgery doctor
People really this stupid they think billion dollar satellites cant see more then that balloon? Come on now, they also said at least two of these were over the US while Trump was in office. So why didn’t they mention those that were never shot down?
Rather than spying equipment, the american is going to realize that they shoot down a civilian metrological balloon with weather equipments. No chinese will be as stupid as the americans to equip it with sensitive devices. However, it will give the chinese a reason to shoot american spying planes now.
So it’s confirmed Spy balloon? More fact free stories of the day.
seeing as how they shot it down over water instead of land, good luck!
Find out what frequencies the balloon is transmitting on and and jam that. The data sent would be un duplex, so jamming the balloon’s transmissions could be done without a lot of power and the Chinese government would think it was a malfunction and never suspect were jamming its transmissions, as the connection would go dead, and the Chinese government would never figure out we we jamming
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Now…
the US most sophisticated F22 has fired three missiles to shoot down the balloon !!,
one hit, two misses,
costing US$3 million+.
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(I know the western media told you it’s one, but who do you trust more, Americans / Brits / Chinese when it comes to mathematics?)
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Probably because the balloon didn’t speak any English except the very first question “what pronoun shall I use if you have two moms?” It’s a democratic F22 that can’t stand any prejudice, perceived and actual.
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The F22 is now a very well battle-tested machine with the first ever victory, 👉 against a balloon !! 🤣🤣🤣
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Allies (the Australia, Canada, Japan,Korea even India) will now rush to buy the battle-tested aircraft.
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Go Brandon…! !
They launched 2 missiles, and missed..!
why can’t journalists see it in the original footage from ground civilian? It was gunned down
1 missile already hit and 1 didnt.
What can the balloon do that existing Chinese spy satellites cannot do?
It probably is what the Chinese Said. A rogue weather balloon. But what China or Russia ever Sais is never the truth
Good question. It can release god knows what into the atmosphere for one. A satellite is too high.
Weather ?
The US who boasts about spying on other countries, feels affronted by a balloon
😂😂😂
Where? Alaska? The IDL
In the mainland specifically in state of montana
Under Trump Chinese spy balloon three times, why was Biden not informed on January 28, why pentagon took longtime to inform the president
Just shows how easily the us can be nuked by either china or russia
Pilot F22 Reptor dgn banganya berkata dialah yang pertama kali berhasil menembak jatuh 🎈dgn F22 , dan dia berharap di anugrahi bintang keberanian 🤣
Imagine that balloon carried a nuke or a chemical/biological weapon. And the guys on the ground debating what action should they take or whether to tell the President about it. Only after it had flew more then halfway across the country that the order to shoot it down was given.
i wonder why they didn’t catch it with a helicopter and hook?
More dramatic for the clout lol. I mean jets can re fuel in mid air but they couldn’t have hooked it in with a drone it was mad stable too and they had a week lmao
First invent a helicopter that can go 11 miles high and then we’ll talk about it!!
In that case, a long-extension fishing rod would be more suitable
Most advance country is easily infiltrated
They already monitored it for 3days yet they didnt fire it because they’re just having an observations or experiment what is the inside of that balloon. Maybe it was a biohazard virus, fungi or bacteria that can cause diseases or illness or some metals that can be detrimental to the american people
Most advanced country – a silly joke.
It wasn’t an attempt. The only thing that was clear was that all the shopping sprees paid by China where successful in buying them a spy balloon to fly across the US and the military bases.
usa lolllzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
This is big nonsense, if the spy balloon 🎈 is own by china, the correct information is ✓spy balloon 🎈 is buying by blinken and bring to USA and this happening.
This is the strategy to destroy the china people, destroy the people’s of china using spy balloon 🎈.
let them step to the Philippine soil, we are tired of this bully commies.
Viva la ASEAN! Viva las Islas Filipinas!
As if usa never spies on another country
Master spy, and setting the scene for a hybrid war anywhere on the planet.
Spy vs Spy. They think the other is spying even when they are doing the weather report.
That’s very good actions of US and China got you in trap and they shall very thankful of this case. It will give China legitimacy to shoot the US and it’s allies spy equipments in the future and I’m pleased to see this thing happen soon. Bravo China
We need to be protected from the American government first and foremost.
I would worry more about the socialists and communists that want to control your whole life. The capitalists just want you to spend your money on their products lol.
We the people need to be protected by all governments first and foremost.
What a brilliant technology just a spy Balloon can get information of USA.
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It’s funny listening to Democrats act like they think China is a problem, when in reality they’re all getting paid off by the CCP to keep their mouth shut until the spy operation is complete
Were lucky trump wasn’t president, he would of fired a nuke at it over the United States.
China uses balloons for spying while the US uses drones and planes for spying. China must be very backward. The US used F22 to shoot down balloons while the Taliban can do the job with bullets and guns. Who is the idiot here ???
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Do these politicians care about lives of people
Good the balloon covered whole USA then you gave strong messages 💪 to China
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Show SPY DEVICES !!! or F…. OFF!!!! you IDIOTS !!!
I doubt they gained much intelligence if anything at all. When you ask them what they gained, they will say they can’t say because it’s classified.
That balloon was obviously malfunctioning by being so low. Those stratospheric balloons normally sit at 80000 to 125000 ft. They pass over and nobody complains. This one hang around 60000 to 65000 feet. Altitude control broken or helium leaked out on this balloon.
China seems to forget that a visa is required when entering into another country.
The US spies on other countries, including it’s own allies, all the time. The only difference is they do it discreetly unlike the Chinese who sends a ballon the size of three buses!
Were never gonna find all the pieces !
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