Breaking news: China sent a high-altitude spy balloon over one of the most sensitive U.S. military sites to gather intelligence, Pentagon says, just days before Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing.
A senior U.S. defense official, speaking on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the Pentagon, said the Defense Department considered shooting it down over Montana on Wednesday but decided against doing so out of concern for what might happen to the debris.
U.S. military officials are taking additional steps to obscure sensitive sites, the senior official said, declining to elaborate. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, traveling in the Philippines, convened a meeting of senior defense officials to discuss the issue on Wednesday.
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