WASHINGTON: A US fighter jet shot down an unidentified object drifting high over Alaska on Friday (Feb 10), the White House said, just six days after the downing of an alleged Chinese spy balloon sparked a fresh diplomatic rift with Beijing. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said i
WASHINGTON: A US fighter jet shot down an unidentified object drifting high over Alaska on Friday , the White House said, just six days after the downing of an alleged Chinese spy balloon sparked a fresh diplomatic rift with Beijing.
The Chinese balloon last week sparked particular concern as it overflew areas where the United States keeps nuclear missiles in underground silos and bases strategic bombers. Biden ordered the shoot-down because, at the altitude it was flying, the object posed"a reasonable threat" to civil aviation. The official also tied the balloon to China's People's Liberation Army, without saying directly that it had been deployed by the PLA.
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