A US fighter jet on Saturday shot down a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina, the Pentagon stated, over what it referred to as Beijing’s “unacceptable violation” of American sovereignty. The craft spent a number of days flying over North America, ratcheting up tensions between Washington and Beijing, earlier than it was focused with a missile shot from an F-22 airplane, Pentagon officers stated, falling into comparatively shallow water simply 47 toes (14 meters) deep.
