On Saturday, the military finally made the decision to shoot down the Chinese balloon that has been floating over America for a week, with an F-22 out of Langley Air Force Base shooting the balloon down over the Atlantic Ocean with an AIM-9x missile. The Election Wiz, a breaking news account on Twitter, posted about the shoot down, saying:
PENTAGON: F-22 from Langley Air Force Base fired one AIM-9X missile at around 58,000 ft, which hit the Chinese spy balloon flying at 65,000 ft. Balloon fell into coastal waters. Recovery ongoing.
— Election Wizard 🇺🇸 (@ElectionWiz) February 4, 2023
Why the Pentagon would risk giving away the radar signature of an F-22 fighter while firing a missile just to shoot down a balloon was unclear.
Regardless, President Brandon spoke the press and bragged about his response to the balloon, saying:
“On Wednesday, when I was briefed on the balloon or in the Pentagon to shoot it down on one thing as soon as possible, they decided without doing damage to anyone on the ground. They decided that the best time to do that was when we got over water within our…12 mile limit..they successfully took it down”
Watch that here:
Biden brags he ordered the Chinese spy balloon to be shot down once it was no longer over American soil (and therefore unable to gather critical intelligence) pic.twitter.com/hEIh9atYjY
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 4, 2023
Predictably, Biden was shredded for the video on Twitter, with commenters saying things like:
His weakness will only make future provocations inevitable. Then, because it's a feedback loop, he'll try and act tough at the wrong moments causing even more provocations until the worse possible outcome is achieved.
— Phil (@P_dknight) February 4, 2023
Once China was able to gain all the info they needed. Makes sense.
— Daverbillo (@Daverbillo) February 4, 2023
We are a laughingstock to China. pic.twitter.com/v2ZRKl6OeD
— ChrisM (@PoliticScience5) February 4, 2023
Rest assured, America.
If our homeland is ever threatened by an imminent threat, Joe Biden will take action 5 days later!
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 4, 2023
Mission accomplished for China. They mapped us coast to coast, and Beijing Biden let them. And they tested our reaction time, and Beijing Biden failed
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) February 4, 2023
The balloon already picked up the necessary intel and transmitted it back to Xi by the time it was shot down.
— Cryptid Politics 🇺🇸 (@CryptidPolitics) February 4, 2023
Why wasn’t it shot down over the Aleutians before it could collect data all of the way across the country? This is literally like closing the barn door after the horse got out.
— RetiredLawMan (@EJohn39302152) February 4, 2023
Completely after the damage was done, as if it accomplished anything. Absolute travesty this administration is
— Peter Castle (@PeterCastle2A) February 4, 2023
Also joining the Biden bashing was Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who posted a two-part attack on Biden, saying:
The Biden admin allowed the Chinese Spy Balloon to traverse the entire US and gather intel on our critical military infrastructure while the entire country screamed to shoot it down, before they finally shot it down.
Biden refused to stop China.
1/2
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) February 4, 2023
They can never again talk tough as they wage war on Russia in Ukraine as they have now proven they serve China.
Only weak men wage wars where they can’t be hurt but refuse to fight to protect our borders and our national security.
Biden serves China first and America Last.
2/2
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) February 4, 2023
Despite that, the balloon was allowed to drift across America and potentially capture data from sensitive sites it drifted near, such as the Minuteman ICBM silos in Montana and the B-2 bomber base in Missouri.
BREAKING: DOD confirms Chinese skyship was spying on strategic areas and that it was being tracked while in Canada, says its intelligence collection activities were 'monitored' pic.twitter.com/BTN4ZTgOBb
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) February 4, 2023
Featured image credit: screengrab from embedded Twitter video
By: Will Tanner. Follow me on Twitter @Will_Tanner_1