* The aircraft was tracking towards the Carolinas this morning and is due to exit the east coast by noon after passing over sensitive nuclear sites in Montana
* Biden decided against shooting the balloon down over US soil over fears for American lives and sparking an international incident, a senior US official said
* Now the Pentagon is planning a shoot down and capture mission over US waters
President Joe Biden is planning to shoot down the Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic so that it can be captured and studied, a senior source has revealed.
The aircraft was tracking towards the Carolinas this morning and is due to exit the east coast by noon after passing over a sensitive nuclear missile site in Montana dubbed America's 'Doomsday Base'.
The White House decided against shooting the balloon down over home soil amid fears for American lives and sparking an international incident, a senior US official said.
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Update: Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Spotted Over North Carolina; US Might Shoot It Down Over Atlantic (Zero Hedge)
WNU Editor: Is this President Biden's "Sputnik moment"? .... Biden’s ‘Sputnik moment’: Is China’s spy balloon political warfare? (The Hill). This hurts President Biden because it takes him away from his messaging, and if this balloon is still floating above the US on Tuesday, it will be a diversion when he gives his "Speech on the Union" on Tuesday. So yeah. It is not a "Sputnik moment", but it will feel like one.