The US Department of Defense believes the downed object did not pose a military threat, but was dangerous to aviation and posed “a threat due to its potential surveillance capabilities.”
An unidentified object shot down in US airspace could pose a danger to civil aviation. This is stated on the Pentagon website.
“At the direction of President Biden and based on the advice of Secretary Austin and military leadership, an F-16 aircraft fired an AIM9x missile to successfully shoot down an airborne object flying at an altitude of approximately 20,000 feet in US airspace over Lake Huron, Michigan,” the statement said. at the Pentagon.
They also added that the trajectory and height of the object caused concern, including due to the fact that it could pose a danger to civil aviation.
“The location chosen for this crash gave us the opportunity to avoid collision with people on the ground, increasing the chances of finding the wreckage,” the US Department of Defense said.
According to the Pentagon, the downed object did not pose a military threat “to an object on the ground”, but was dangerous for flights and posed a “threat due to potential surveillance capabilities”.
Remember, on Sunday, the US military shot down a flying object over Lake Huron on the Canadian border.
As reported, on February 4, the US military shot down a Chinese balloon that had been flying over US territory for almost a week. They say the machine is gathering intelligence. A week later, another unidentified object was shot down in the United States in the sky over Alaska.
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