THE SIGNAL
The Chinese spy balloon that was shot down with a missile off South Carolina originally had a trajectory that would have taken it over Guam and Hawaii but was blown off course, a government official has revealed.
The balloon, which Washington accuses Beijing of using for espionage and China says was a civilian weather research airship, was derailed from heading to the islands by prevailing winds, a US official speaking on condition of anonymity told Reuters.
The balloon drifted across Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, then Canada and the central US before it was downed by a missile fired from an F‑22 fighter jet on Feb. 4.
The US military said Monday it had recove …
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