Shyaku, that post made me remember that Chinese Spy Balloon bollox over North America nonsense from last year!
All those Pentagoons went nuts declaring that they knew "the balloon had intelligence collection capabilities" and proceeded to scramble fighter jets to shoot it down.
They then went on a balloon killing spree shooting down any high altitude object...missing them with those sidewinder missiles half the time, at nearly half a million a pop!
You couldn't make it up!