Only one day before the American Air Force shot down the Chinese surveillance balloon, the Pentagon released a close-up picture of it.
The top of the pilot’s helmet is visible in the U-2 cockpit in the image, which was taken on February 3 when the balloon was gliding over North America.
Because to the dangers posed by falling debris to civilians on the ground, the US had postponed shooting the balloon down.
On February 4, when the balloon had moved away from land and toward the ocean, it was finally shot down.After a Chinese spy balloon was detected in American airspace, the president threatened to create “sharper rules” to track, monitor, and potentially shoot down unidentified aerial objects.
After a Chinese spy balloon was detected in American airspace, the president threatened to create “sharper rules” to track, monitor, and potentially shoot down unidentified aerial objects.
The intelligence community’s current assessment is that these three objects were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions, studying weather, or conducting other scientific research.”
China has denied claims the balloon was surveillance, insisting it was instead an “out of control” weather balloon.
