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The balloon was shot down about six nautical miles off the U.S. coast, over relatively shallow water, potentially aiding efforts to recover key elements of the Chinese surveillance equipment among the debris in the coming days, officials said.Article content Washington has called it a “clear violation” of U.S. sovereignty and notified Beijing about the shootdown on Saturday, a U.S. official said.Article content
The U.S. military did not immediately recover the payload from the Chinese surveillance balloon, U.S. officials said.Article content China expressed regret that an “airship” used for civilian meteorological and other scientific purposes had strayed into U.S. airspace.China’s foreign ministry said on Saturday that the flight of the “airship” over the United States was a force majeure accident, and accused U.S. politicians and media of taking advantage of the situation to discredit Beijing.Article content
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