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Biden explains balloon takedown delay
1 month ago | By RT
The US commander-in-chief “ordered” the Pentagon to shoot down the suspected Chinese surveillance device days ago
President Joe Biden has said that he gave his authorization to shoot down a Chinese high altitude balloon a day after he was first briefed on the suspicious device hovering over “sensitive” US military sites, but his defense officials convinced him to wait until it was “safe” for people on the ground.
“I ordered the Pentagon to shoot it down on Wednesday as soon as possible,” Biden told reporters on Saturday. “They decided, without doing any damage to people on the ground...
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