The Chinese ballon spy fiasco is turning out to be the center of diplomatic tensions between the United States of America and Beijing. For those who are unaware, a massive white orb sweeping across U.S. airspace has triggered a diplomatic row and is blowing up on social media. After a white ballon-shaped device was spotted hovering over sensitive areas of the United States, Washington stated that was a Chinese spy balloon. However, China, on the other hand, refuted it and said that it's just an errant civilian airship used mainly for meteorological research that went off course due to winds. With only limited “self-steering” capabilities. Notably, the Chinese spy ballon's presence in the American Airspace prompted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to cancel a weekend trip to China that was aimed at dialing down tensions that were already high between the countries. Now, a video is going viral on social media alleging that the US airforce shot down the Chinese Spy Ballon which was hovering over the United States of America.
As per a US media report, an explosion in the sky over Billings Montana was heard, where a Chinese spy balloon has been flying over the region. Notably, the Chinese ballon spy was caught on camera Friday exploding and crashing down the earth. Montana Chinese Spy Ballon's mysterious video shows a trail of smoke in the sky where the balloon was last spotted. Furthermore, Dolly Moore, who took video of the scene, said she 'saw a jet go by so fast and then an explosion in the sky.'
After the Montana Chinese spy balloon video went viral and broke the internet, Defense officials of the Pentagon was quoted by Fox saying that the balloon over Montana has not exploded. It comes after the US State Department called the balloon, which was traveling over U.S. airspace at 60,000 feet, a 'clear violation' of U.S. sovereignty, but said it wouldn't be shot down because it was flying over a 'number of sensitive sites.'
US officials had said that the balloon is large enough that destroying it would rain down debris, risking the safety of people on the ground. US media quoted Analysts who said the balloon is about the size of 'three buses' and could be fitted with high-tech equipment including cameras, sensors and radar. F-22 fight jets were mobilized to track the device as it hovered over Montana, which borders Canada.
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