The US Department of Defense shot down the Chinese balloon accused of espionage over Atlantic waters near the state of South Carolina at around 2:30 p.m. off the east coast (7:30 p.m., Spanish Peninsula time). About an hour earlier, the Federal Aeronautical Authority (FAA), responsible for civil airspace, ordered a halt to air traffic at three airports in the region to “aid the defense in national security efforts.”
“We will take care of him,” United States President Joe Biden promised on Saturday with this single sentence in response to a question from journalists who accompanied him on a last-minute visit to the city of Syracuse, New York. He gave no further information.
The Federal Aviation Agency, responsible for controlling civil airspace, announced on Saturday the closure of three airports in the area where the balloon was last sighted, claiming the reason was “to contact the Department of Defense in case of national relief efforts. . The three affected airports were Charleston International, Myrtle Beach International and Wilmington International in North and South Carolina.
The warning already indicated that the Department of Defense planned to try to destroy the balloon if the device flew over Atlantic waters and reduced the risk to the surface population.
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Source: La Neta Neta
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