Here's a blow-by-blow of Biden having the USAF shoot down the Red Chinese balloon, which was, per various updates, not the first on his watch, plus the one(s) on Trump's watch. Will China, per my snarky Twitter:
What if China launches 99 Luftballons, aka 99 Red Balloons! Damn, YouTube could be destroyed. TikTok Takeover! https://t.co/ZKAE2nxjKO
— TheRealSocraticGadfly (@real_gadfly) February 4, 2023
Send another 90 or whatever Red Balloons to hit the whole 99?
More
seriously, what was Xi Jinping hoping to do here, especially with
another one sighted over Costa Rica? How sophisticated was the
technology on this? I await examination. Why didn't Biden, or Trump,
shoot one down before? Did none of them make it to the contiguous
mainland, only Hawaii and/or Alaska? The Wall Street Journal has more on the previous incursions. And, I can't believe, per that link, that Chuck Schumer is dumb e-fucking-nough to give the full Senate a classified briefing on Feb. 15; that's going to be leaked and spun all over the place. Update: CNN has yet more — reportedly, one of the Trumpy-era balloons crossed Florida as well as Hawaii.
And, back on the snark side: Does Trump believe in "real disinformation" as well as "fake disinformation"?
As for the US doing this to China? Highly unlikely. Prevailing wind patters would mean a US balloon would have to cross most of Eurasia, including in all likelihood parts of Russia.
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