The jet was previously used to carry out strikes against Islamic State positions in Syria and Iraq. Read more at straitstimes.com.
marked the first time the F-22 Raptor fighter jet brought down an airborne target since it debuted in combat in Syria and Iraq almost a decade ago, defence analysts said.
The F-22 was flying at about 58,000 ft off the South Carolina coast when it fired an Aim-9X Sidewinder missile at the balloon that was hovering at between 60,000 ft and 65,000 ft , Pentagon officials said on Saturday. The stealth fighter known as the Raptor was used primarily to carry out guided air strikes against Islamic State positions in Syria and Iraq.
The discovery and eventual downing of the Chinese balloon, which China said was a climate-research vehicle that drifted off course, injected new tensions into US-China relations.
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