JUST IN: Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin asked if U.S. will shoot down Chinese rocket

The Pentagon is closely tracking an uncontrolled Chinese rocket set to reenter Earth's atmosphere this weekend, the Defense Department’s top spokesman said Wednesday.

U.S. Space Command estimates the near fully intact Chinese Long March 5B will enter Earth's atmosphere somewhere around May 8, John Kirby told reporters.

The rocket’s exact entry point into the atmosphere “cannot be pinpointed until within hours of its reentry,” Defense Department spokesperson Mike Howard said in a Tuesday statement.

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