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The balloon is a Chinese middle finger to the US

5 February 2023

8:07 AM

5 February 2023

8:07 AM

Military fighter jets have just shot down the Chinese Communist Party’s gigantic spy balloon that had been hovering about 60,000 feet over the United States.

The balloon was “taken care of,” to quote President Biden, over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of South Carolina. Prior to the maneuver, the balloon drifted, unharmed, over our sensitive military sites and fellow citizens.

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