READ MORE: US blew up Boy Scout balloon with $500,000 missile – ex-Pentagon officials (VIDEO)

The Biden administration ordered the downing of a Boy Scout balloon over US soil in February 2023 using a missile worth roughly $500,000 as Washington scrambled a panicked response to alleged “Chinese spy balloons,” the New York Post reported on Saturday, citing former Pentagon officials.

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