Why the US waited to shoot down the China balloon ...Middle East

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After a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon spent several days flying across the U.S. this week, the U.S. military shot down the aircraft off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday afternoon. President Biden said on Saturday that he had ordered the military to down the balloon “as soon as possible” after he was briefed on the matter on Wednesday.  The decision raised questions on timing, as lawmakers and industry pundits had pushed the Biden administration to take care of it much sooner. National security officials warned Biden that “the best time to do that was when it got over water,” due to safety concerns associated with shooting it down over land, the president told repo

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