WASHINGTON: The US military on Saturday shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast on orders from President Joe Biden, after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America, becoming the latest flashpoint in tensions between Washington and Beijing.Biden said he wanted the balloon downed on Wednesday, but was advised that the best time for the operation would be when it was over water.
Then she saw fighter jets circling and the balloon get hit.'I did not anticipate waking up to be in a 'Top Gun' movie today,' she said.US defense and military officials said Saturday that the balloon entered the US air defense zone north of the Aleutian Islands on Jan. 28 and moved largely over land across Alaska and then into Canadian airspace in the Northwest Territories on Monday.