A US military operation to shoot down a Chinese "spy balloon" that had been hovering in American airspace came at a tense time for the two superpowers, whose relationship has been on rocky ground for years.

But how did the US successfully down it with a single missile - and what intelligence are they hoping to find in the wreckage?

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