USAF downs Chinese balloon off Atlantic coast

Moment of impact 2

Source: Twitter

Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors from the US Air Force shot down the surveillance vessel on 4 February off the USA’s East Coast, with Washington denouncing the balloon’s presence as a violation of territorial sovereignty.

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