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The (alleged) Chinese spy balloon.

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The US Military Shot Down a Chinese Spy Balloon

On Saturday, a US military fighter jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic Ocean about six nautical miles off the coast of South Carolina. China has maintained that the balloon had accidentally drifted into US territory and condemned the decision to shoot it down. The debris from the eventual strike spread out across seven miles of ocean and landed in shallow water, and the US military hopes to collect and analyze the remains. Some Republicans criticized the Biden administration for not shooting the balloon down sooner.

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