Last Two Objects Shot Down Were Balloons, Sen. Schumer Says

More than two years before a U.S. Air Force F-22 shot down a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4, Zheng Zhenfeng, an employee for Taiwan’s weather service, photographed a similar object floating high above Taipei, Taiwan, on Sept. 26, 2021.

Credit: Frank Melliere
U.S. government officials believe that both objects shot down since Feb. 10 in North American airspace are balloons, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Feb. 12. The Senate majority leader’s comments on a TV news program clarify the nature of the most recent of three airspace intruders since late...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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