general keane i m not sure if you can see this. we have a live shot now of this balloon going down. this balance has been taken down. that is great. it is falling from the sky. reporter: air force f-22 fighter jet shot down the fighter plane that floated down across the u.s. last week. shortly after president biden claimed he wanted to shoot down the balloon earlier was overruled. president biden: on wednesday i briefed on the balloon i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible without doing damage to anyone on the ground. they decided to do that when it got over water, within the 12-mile limit. reporter: the 12-mile limit biden mentioned that the coastal states right to claim 12 miles of nautical ocean as their territory. closing the airspace around the balloon, closing air traffic from wilmington, myrtle beach and charleston airport while the balloon was shot down. militariliry official said it was the first chancer to target over the balloon while f
from wilmington, myrtle beach and charleston airport while the balloon was shot down. militariliry official said it was the first chancer to target over the balloon while flying over water. they could have shot down the balloon over montana but didn t do it out of abundance of caution. chinese responded that u.s. use of force is clear overreaction and serious violation of international practice. china will resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the company concerned and reserves the right to make further responses if necessary. former cia station chief dan hoffman saying other adversaries iran were also watching the situation closely. imagine terrorists who might be able to put wmd in an airball loon and fly it 30, 40, 50,000 miles above the ground. maybe that would enable them to launch a strike against us at some point. iran i m sure is watching very closely. they have got lots of