The FAA on Saturday reportedly shut down air space near the Atlantic as the Pentagon gears up to shoot down the Chinese spy balloon.
BREAKING: FAA just grounded flights from Wilmington to Charleston, restricting air space. Reportedly clearing zone for live ordnance for possible military downing of Chinese spy craft over Atlantic coast
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) February 4, 2023
This is of course after the spy balloon was allowed to float over the United States with Joe Biden’s full approval.
Joe Biden refused to secure US airspace and allowed the Chinese to fly a high-altitude surveillance balloon over the US’s most sensitive military installations.
A reporter on Saturday asked Biden to comment on the Chinese spy balloon.
“We’re gonna take care of it,” Biden said.
SYRACUSE — “We’re gonna take care of it,” Biden says when asked to comment on China before entering his motorcade. A suspected Chinese surveillance balloon is now over North Carolina. pic.twitter.com/EOcaH7iTu0
— Zolan Kanno-Youngs (@KannoYoungs) February 4, 2023
The balloon was spotted over Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday morning.
BREAKING: Chinese spy balloon now spotted over Charlotte, NC., where several high-altitude jet contrails have been reported. NC is home to a number of key US military installations, inclg Marine Camp Lejeune near the coast & Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, home of the 82nd Airborne
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) February 4, 2023
The China spy balloon was reportedly flying as low as 35,000 feet, according to Paul Sperry.
BREAKING: The Chinese spy craft has been reported flying as low as 35,000 feet and potentially in the path of commercial passenger jets above a number of states, alarming the FAA, according to federal aviation security sources
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) February 4, 2023
The spy balloon is over Myrtle Beach, South Carolina as of 2 pm ET.
Breaking update: The Pentagon shot down the spy balloon at approximately 2:40 pm ET just off the coast of the Carolinas.
🚨 BREAKING: The U.S. has shot down the Chinese Spy Balloon off of the coast of the Carolinas.
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 4, 2023
BREAKING: the Chinese balloon has been shot down pic.twitter.com/Q2cXXJjtyB
— Cliff Maloney (@CliffMaloneyJr) February 4, 2023
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