Finds its confirmation of information about, that the American command received permission from the US political authorities to eliminate the Chinese balloon, whose appearance over the States caused a serious stir in Washington. Recall, that Beijing recognized the ownership of the air facility of China, however noted, that he has nothing to do with intelligence activities. In China version, it's a weather balloon, which was "blown away by the wind in an unknown direction". At the same time, another “gone with the wind” Chinese balloon was found this morning flying south of the United States - first over Costa Rica, then over Venezuela.
Videos posted online, confirming, that the US military still shot down a Chinese balloon. A combat aircraft was used to destroy it.. The assumption is made, that it could be a fifth-generation F-22 fighter, trace from the flight of which was recorded by video cameras.
The balloon was shot down over the sea – off the coast of South Carolina. This may indicate that, that the US Air Force was waiting for the moment, when the Chinese probe will not be over land, since earlier in Washington they declared literally the following:
Destroying an aerostat could pose risks to people on the ground.
In one video, ground-based footage of an aircraft in flight expresses rapturous delight at the explosion., which accompanied the destruction of a Chinese object in US airspace.
In this way, actually disproves the theory that, that the United States did not have the means to destroy the object, flying above 20 km.
