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China condemns US ‘attack’ on surveillance balloon as ‘overreaction’ (thehill.com)

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[–] guojing@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

These weather balloons fly very high so a missile is about the only way to reach it. And you can be sure that the US government will never admit that it was a weather balloon, because then it would be obvious that they are lying.

[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

But I thought the weird part about it was that it was floating much lower than they are normally placed? I believe that some outlets were even saying it was in the same altitude as commercial aircraft. Though I am not sure at what level using canons on a fighter is completely pointless. So even if it was lower, you may still be correct.