The Balloon

[Gawdzilla Sama]

recovered torpedos didn’t get hit by a missile and then plunge 60,000 feet into the sea.    on the other hand, the envelope of the balloon might float and would be easy to spot from the air.

You basing that on experience or a Pentagon leak of some sort?

I would note that no recovered torpedo I've ever seen acted that way.

[Anomalocaris]

Yes, pentagon’s information security was abysmal.   Many high ranking officials leaked the secret that the U.S. doesn’t drop torpedos from 60,000 feet,  no doubt in the hopes of securing some lucrative contract from me after their retirement from the defense establishment,

[Thumpalumpacus]

recovered torpedos didn’t get hit by a missile and then plunge 60,000 feet into the sea.    on the other hand, the envelope of the balloon might float and would be easy to spot from the air.

The balloon-shroud would also slow the descent and perhaps ender the payload more survivable. At any rate, with a solar array 100' across, pieces detectable by sonar or diver in 47' of water will have survived, I bet.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

AND they won't have to hunt for it, the search radius is pretty small. Prince Namur would be willing to help I suspect.

[zebo-the-fat]

Second balloon over Latin America is ours - China

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-6453709...gn=KARANGA

[Deesse23]

Bavarian spy balloon sighted

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I don’t understand all the concern about a foreign balloon. You people had a Russian blimp in the White House for four years and Republicans seemed fine with it.

Boru

[brewer]

AND they won't have to hunt for it, the search radius is pretty small. Prince Namur would be willing to help I suspect.

This guy?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I was referring to the one in "Wakanda Forever".

[Mister Agenda]

Why weren't the three Chinese balloons that wandered into American airspace during the previous administration shot down if they're so worrisome, I wonder? Actually, I don't wonder.