Downed Chinese ‘spy’ balloon targeted Hawaii but was blown off course, US official says


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A Chinese "spy" balloon that was shot down over the US was likely heading to Guam and then Hawaii, a US official has said. What the US has described as a suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the South Carolina coast on 4 February. Two other objects have also been shot down, on 11 February and 12 February. But after recovering the wreckage of the balloon downed on 4 February, a US official says it's believed it was heading to Hawaii and Guam, in the Pacific Ocean, before it was blown off course. Read more: Timeline - where...