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- The US is tracking a suspected Chinese spy balloon, which has been hovering over Montana.
- Montana Senator Steve Daines said he feared it was targeting the state's nuclear missile base.
- Montana is home to the sprawling Malmstrom Air Force Base, which stores nuclear weapons.
A suspected Chinese spy balloon is operating near a sprawling base that houses 150 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles.
The large and bright unidentified object was seen first flying over Alaska's Aleutian Islands and through Canada before appearing over the city of Billings, Montana.