THE US has no plans to shoot down a huge Chinese rocket plummeting to Earth, according to a top Pentagon official.
The 21-ton booster launched part of China's first space station last week and is expected to crash into our planet over the weekend.
"We have the capability to do a lot of things, but we don't have a plan to shoot it down as we speak," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters on Thursday.
The Pentagon experts expect the body of the Long March 5B rocket to fall sometime on Saturday or Sunday.
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