The US military didn't know if the missile that took out a Chinese spy balloon would work when an F-22 took the shot, commander says

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US Marines with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 533 load an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile onto an F/A-18D Hornet aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 28, 2022.
US Marines load an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile onto an F/A-18D Hornet at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Japan in September.

US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriel Durand

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