On a hectic week, U.S. may have been using sophisticated weaponry to bring down harmless objects
When it came to the three additional airborne objects, in contrast, U.S. officials had no idea what they were or if they were nefarious before deciding to shoot them down. Some experts suggested Thursday that they might have been launched by hobbyists.
That lack of clarity left the administration facing questions about why mysterious objects were suddenly being discovered on a daily basis and why it has been so quick to shoot them down.U.S. officials said the three airborne objects, floating between 20,000 and 40,000 feet, posed a “reasonable” threat to civilian air travel, while the Chinese spy balloon, at an altitude of more than 60,000 feet, did not.
Now, with no shoot-downs for several days, it is unclear if the Biden administration and the military have again adjusted their response. Austin, asked in Brussels on Thursday if the military is wary of shooting down more objects, declined to answer directly.“I’m not aware of any additional objects that have been reported operating … in the space in the last 48 hours,” Austin said. The Pentagon chief added that it is “absolutely important” to recover the debris of the objects shot down.
Biden then directed the military to make a plan to shoot down the balloon over U.S. waters and provide the best possible chance of recovering debris. At 1:45 p.m. Eastern time on Feb. 10, the Pentagon dispatched two F-22 Raptors that destroyed the object, raining its debris onto snow and ice near Alaska’s frozen coast. U.S. military personnel attempted to recover the remnants but struggled through the subzero windchills and have so far come up empty.
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