[case0x00]

https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/...

"And, I'm sorry, how long have we been tracking it. I'm not going to go into all the details because I don't want to reveal sensitive information. But I will say we have been tracking it for some time. And we have had custody of it the entire time it has been over U.S. airspace, entered the continental United States airspace a couple of days ago."

[ag315]

I can believe that they've been tracking it for awhile, but it is unlikely that they can easily shoot it down. We probably literally don't have the technical capacity to do so reliably at this time.

[xeromal]

It has been shot down.

[raspberry1337]

Ah yes, what source could be more trustworthy than SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL: ? Thank you!

[seper8]

No no, lets trust ANONYMOUS_!HACKERNEWS_USER_001 instead