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NORTHCOM Chief Details Use Of AIM-9X On Chinese Surveillance Balloon, Ongoing Debris Recovery

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NORTHCOM Chief Details Use Of AIM-9X On Chinese Surveillance Balloon, Ongoing Debris Recovery
Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, speaks at the Space Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Ala. on Aug. 10, 2021 (DoD Photo)

The head of U.S. Northern Command said the Raytheon Technologies [RTX]-built AIM-9X Sidewinder missile fired from an F-22 fighter aircraft presented the safest and most effective option for taking out the Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon as it moved off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday. Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, commander of USNORTHCOM and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), on Monday also detailed the ongoing operation to recover debris from the site where the balloon was shot down,…

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