DEVELOPING: The U.S. and China exchanged strong words after the balloon was downed, with China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressing in a statement its 'strong dissatisfaction and protest over the use of force' by the U.S.
“They decided — without doing damage to anyone on the ground — they decided that the best time to do that was when it got over water,” he said. “They successfully took it down and I want to compliment our aviators who did it. And we’ll have more to report on this a little later.”
A senior administration official reacted to China’s statement Saturday, doubling down on the position that the balloon was a surveillance balloon that “purposely traversed” the U.S. and Canada “and we are confident it was seeking to monitor sensitive military sites.”observed over Latin America "The balloon, which was being used by the PRC in an attempt to surveil strategic sites in the continental United States, was brought down above U.S. territorial waters," he said.
Officials have been analyzing the balloon over recent days, a senior defense official said, noting that it"was clearly crossing over sensitive sites, including sensitive military sites." Videos showing fighter jets targeting the spy balloon and taking it down are circulating on social media. The jets are seen approaching the balloon before it starts to fall from the sky.
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