Balloons

Here is another political bombshell. The Chinese balloon thing. They claim they shot down a bunch of balloons that were flying over US and Canadian airspace. They claim only four but who knows. What is it they are not telling us. 

At first the Chinese claimed it was a wayward weather balloon. Now they are not saying anything except they are upset. Why? To be found out? Did they honestly thought that with today's technology those balloons will not be noticed?

This reminds me of the 1960 U-2 incident. The American spy plane was shot down over Soviet Union and its pilot caught. Embarrassing? Yes, very. Almost came to war. I just hope this little affair will be settled diplomatically because what we do not need is another war.

I read in the news that in one case the pilot missed the target and had to use another missile. I find very peculiar. The damn thing is as big as a house, how can it be missed? This is just like in the movies when there is a shootout between law enforcement and the bad guys, and all those pros can not aim right. I can see the bad guys, but the pros should be able to find their targets. This is what they train for. The same sentiment applies to the pilot. He just wasted half a million dollar of my hard earned taxpayer money!