China's foreign ministry said Monday that the decision to shoot down the balloon has "seriously impacted and damaged" relations.

Source: https://www.rawstory.com/fossils-in-a-northern-alberta-riverbed-may-reveal-new-facts-about-dinosaur-evolution/

Critics have been especially incensed by Mr. Biden’s decision not to shoot down the balloon.

Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/feb/4/joe-biden-says-hell-take-care-chinese-balloon/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

However, the 38-year-old singer — whose real name is Elizabeth Woolridge Grant — quick to shoot down the accusations after catching wind of the video.

Source: https://pagesix.com/2023/10/09/lana-del-rey-slams-super-gremlin-accusing-her-of-having-demonic-energy/

In general, drones' small profile makes them hard to see and difficult to shoot down.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202307290240.html

In particular, the Kremlin's army is placing its air defense systems in the residential areas of Nova Kakhova to shoot down any weapons launched by Ukrainian forces targeting the Russian military.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.com.au/russia-uses-civilians-human-shields-still-recruits-ukrainians-fight-own-country-1844768?utm_source=Public&utm_medium=Feed&utm_campaign=Distribution

Joe Biden may have ordered the US Air Force to shoot down a hobbyist group’s radio ‘pico balloon’ by mistake, it has emerged.

Source: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/10240644/chinese-spy-balloon-shot-alaska-us-amateur-ballooning-group/

MADISON, Wis. — Decisions to shoot down multiple unidentified objects over the U.S. and Canada this month have put a spotlight on amateur balloonists who insist their creations pose no threat.

Source: https://www.startribune.com/decision-to-shoot-down-balloons-puts-spotlight-on-hobbyists/600252561/

Over the past two days, the troops had managed to shoot down six of these aircraft — often packed with explosives.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11786763/IAN-BIRRELL-spends-two-frozen-days-dug-heavy-gun-unit-Ukraine.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea said any move to shoot down one of its test missiles would be considered a declaration of war and blamed joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea for growing tensions, state media KCNA said on Tuesday.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/north-korea-warns-us-against-shooting-down-missile-tests/article_4a6c7aa2-8e3e-5ab6-9c33-84b8f64c0dd7.html

Shillong, March 7: In a stern warning issued by North Korea to the United States, the former has said that any move to shoot down its test missiles could result in a war.

Source: https://theshillongtimes.com/2023/03/07/north-korea-issues-stern-warning-to-us-against-shooting-down-its-missiles/

Shillong, May 28: At least one person killed and three were injured during Russia’s nighttime airstrike on Kyiv, which saw the defensive systems shoot down at least 20 drones heading for the capital.

Source: https://theshillongtimes.com/2023/05/28/one-killed-in-late-night-strike-on-kyiv-by-russian-drones/

Similar incidents in the past have usually been attributed to Israeli airstrikes, with Syrian air defenses responding to shoot down the missiles.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/syrian-capital-rocked-explosions-immediate-word-source-target-102230349

Sure, the CF-18s are old, but they can still shoot down a slow-moving target the size of a six storey building.

Source: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/canada-chinese-spy-balloon

The Barak-8 MR-SAM system is able to shoot down enemy aircraft at a range of 50-70 kilometers (32-43 miles).

Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-735958

“The Chinese believe, because of our failure to shoot down the balloon, that we are incapable of defending ourselves for whatever reason, whether we want to protect the cows on the ground or we don’t want to offend the Chinese,” Chang said.

Source: https://www.samfordcrimson.com/u-s-failure-to-shoot-down-spy-balloon-tells-china-we-are-incapable-of-defending-ourselves-expert-2023-02-04.html

The GOP has been calling on Biden to order to shoot down the balloon, but military officials have warned the president against doing that.

Source: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/were-going-to-take-care-of-it-biden-makes-first-comments-about-suspected-chinese-spy-balloon-now-over-the-carolinas

They will be attempting to shoot down the Houthi’s drones and rockets, just as we’ve already been doing.

Source: https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2023/12/19/so-we-finally-have-a-plan-for-the-houthis-n599987

This is just the latest example of James Gunn going on social media to shoot down inaccurate information about what he and Peter Safran have in the works at DC Studios.

Source: https://www.cinemablend.com/superheroes/superman/dc-studios-james-gunn-has-debunked-a-big-rumor-about-his-superman-reboot

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada on Saturday ordered the country's military to prepare to shoot down a North Korean spy satellite should it fall within Japan's territory.

Source: https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Japan-prepares-to-shoot-down-North-Korea-satellite-if-it-falls-on-Japan--43606930/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20230422

Ukraine started using Stingers to shoot down Russian missiles.

Source: https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1020438/the-weapons-helping-ukraine-fight-back