Moment China 'spy balloon' is shot down by fighter jet

The United States has shot down a Chinese spy balloon which had been floating across the country since last week.

It was brought down after an order from President Biden, who had earlier vowed to "take care" of the balloon.

Hundreds of miles of airspace were cleared for the operation.

Sky's US Correspondent Mark Stone reports.

#china #spyballoon #skynews

[VamLoveAndKisses]

"Wahoo! That's mah air force right there buddy" is the most American sentence.

[michaelsimarmata]

Shooting down a single balloon with an air-to-air missile from an F-22
That's gotta be one of the most American thing I've ever seen

[catchit]

I'm surprised that a Chinese product made it all the way to America without falling apart of its own accord.

[xkrylo]

I'm just glad we're finally getting actual Sky News.

[totaldramagamer]

I really appreciate the balloon's payload size being shown in bus lengths. I had no idea how long 35 meters is.

[madtrucker]

Second time the British have produced a better news report on this than the American media. They answered most of my questions.

[andreslinares]

Fun fact, that's first ever air to air kill of the F-22 Raptor.

[Soundtracks]

Four more balloons and that Raptor pilot will be an Ace 😎

[oksyar]

The dude was hilarious "That's my airforce right there" hahahhaha, hitting a balloon 🎈 was a proud moment for him.

[tonyjames]

Missile to take out a balloon....I'm reminded of a WW2 Spitfire pilot who got behind a V1 flying bomb, opened fire, blew it up then flew through the resulting explosion.
Different age.

[jimbobhk]

Honestly bizarre times we are living in.

[junepu]

That was the first F-22 confirmed kill recorded on live TV.

[RPKGameVids]

Spy Balloon sounds like something out of Inspector Gadget, lol.

[oliveryt]

They've managed to hit a balloon... Crazy.

[ographicshd]

Only once it gathered all the data it needed😂👍 Joe helping out China once more

[Soundtracks]

Nervous F-22 Raptor pilot during scramble: Ok what type of aircraft am I facing?

CO: A balloon

F-22 pilot: Huh?

[normjohnson]

How did it cross thousands of miles of NA airspace before getting noticed would be a good question to ask.

[ChloeGfan]

First confirmed air-to-air kill for an F-22 Raptor 🎈

[hiddeninthewires]

Who knew popping a balloon by the Air Force would get cheers.
I did that when i was 6 years old with my bare hands

[Mrjffjjfhfucuc]

That's the most difficult shot, it should be word record 😂