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The Chinese balloon was shot down by an F-22 a week after it was first detected in US airspace over islands off Alaska., chair of the House Intelligence Committee, says the balloon should have been downed much sooner. "Clearly the president taking it down over the Atlantic is sort of like tackling the quarterback after the game is over."Joe Biden says the military deemed it too much of a risk to bring down the balloon over land — a Navy operation is now underway to recover the debris.
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