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Events on Saturday 4 February 2023 2
2023Chinese surveillance balloon shot down off South CarolinaA week-long transit across North AmericaA US fighter shot down a Chinese high-altitude balloon off the coast of South Carolina on 4 February 2023 after it crossed the continental United States. Beijing said it was a weather craft blown off course.
2023F-22 shoots down a Chinese balloonOff South CarolinaAn F-22 downs a Chinese high-altitude balloon off the South Carolina coast with an AIM-9X missile — the Raptor's first air-to-air kill.