launched on january 21st from china crossed into alaska on january 28th. senior u.s. defense official tells me it spent minutes, not hours, over the u.s. territorial waters near the aleutian islands off alaska and crossed into canada. entered the continental u.s. through idaho on january 31st. president biden gave the order to shoot it down when deemed safe to do so on wednesday, february 1st when briefed about the balloon by his national security team. the u.s. military took the shot, one shot with an air to aramis ill known as a side winder as soon as the balloon left the continental u.s. six minutes into its flight over the atlanta was brought down from af22 launched from virginia. they estimated they had approximately 18 minutes to shoot it down after it left the u.s. mainland and still remained over u.s. territory before it
congressman mike waltz from florida said the pentagon briefed about other instances as well. what we were told, there were multiple incursions over florida, one over texas, and separate reporting, we have not been able to ask about over hawaii and guam. so, what were the extent of these incursions. this exclusive fox video shows the moment the f-22 raptor out of langley shot down the chinese spy flight with the side winder. and the first time since pearl harbor the u.s. has shot down a hostile aircraft over u.s. territory. of course hawaii was not even a state back then. earlier, the top general from norad admitted they did not detect them during the trump administration. john kirby spoke. i can tell you that we discovered these flights after
entailed. instead, they tried to flip the script, monitoring it constantly and tried to learn about it as it traversed the united states. there were days of planning to figure out the best possible time to shoot this down. in fact, it was decided not to shoot it down over the continental united states because of the risk to people and property. instead, that decision was made out over the water. the pentagon and northern command launched f-22s from langley air force base in hampton, v.a., as well as support aircraft and tankers as well. in the end it was a single f-22 that fired a side winder that pierces the balloon, one shot, one kill, breaking down and bringing down the surveillance balloon that we watched as it made its way across the u.s. that is the military side, the diplomatic side as well. the u.s. making it clear they found this unacceptable and considered a violation of u.s. air space, and now we have seen
couldn t get as much information looking for they wouldn t detail what those efforts entail instead tried to flip the scrip, monitor, the balloon constantly and trying to learn what they could about it as it traversed the united states. in terms of what went into this, there were days of planning to figure out what was the best time to shoot it down. in fact, it was decided not shoot it down over the continental united states because of people and property. instead the decision was made over the water, the pentagon and northern command launched f22 s from langley air force base as well as f 15 and tankers in the end it was a single f 22 that fired a single a 9 side winder a short range heat seeking missile that pierces the balloon bringing down the surveillance balloon as it made its way across the u.s., that s the military side the diplomatic side as well, the u.s. making it