Solving the mystery of the Chinese spy balloon

On Saturday afternoon a single missile fired by a jet fighter ended the brief, spectacular life of the Chinese spy balloon that had become a social media star with its own hashtag by the time it had finished passing through United States air space. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports on questions that investigators will seek to answer by recovering the balloon’s wreckage.

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[bloatedsodium]

I was hoping it would’ve been an amazing gender reveal.

[homosapien]

I think they wanted to see how we would react more than anything.

[sharpe]

Chinese learned a lot about our response, our resolve, and our capabilities

[SuperTonyony]

"The Mystery of the Chinese Spy Balloon" was my favorite Hardy Boys book when I was a kid.

[okegom_]

Balloon is an Epic card that is unlocked from the Royal Arena (Arena 7). It is a building-targeting, flying troop with moderately high hitpoints and extremely high damage. When defeated, it drops a bomb which explodes after 3 seconds, dealing area damage to all units in its blast radius. It is a hot air Balloon held together by patches and ropes, and is piloted by a Wall Breaker from Clash of Clans. A Balloon costs 5 Elixir to deploy.

[community]

What could that antiquated thing tell them that their satellites are transmitting every single day? It's more of a "hey, what are you going to do about it moment". We didn't over react we just carefully did what we are supposed to do.

[BitcoinRadioKBTC]

China prepares for war and joe prepares for nap.

[Jennyeq]

RIP balloon. You have helped make this week a little more interesting. I will miss you :(

[rafaelortiz]

If something this slow impacted the U.S imagine how a rocket would

[fritzvolz]

Montana is wide open country and densely populated; it might have hit a elk or jackrabbit, if shot down in that area.

[Joe.Riemam]

This entire week that song "up, up, and away my beautiful balloon" has been in my head

[hifinsword]

I agree with Michael Clarke's assessment that the Chinese are making a statement to the Philippines and the U.S. over the Philippines allowing the U.S. to come back there after kicking us out decades ago. China has claimed most of the South China Sea area in their 9-DASH line that includes all of the sea and islands, including the Spratly and the Paracel islands.

[Hollywoodreseller]

How come it wasn't shut down sooner?? 😬 I thought our airspace was safe w radars, AF and ang on duty. Also space force. Huge embarrassment.

[victorspresence]

This didn't solve anything, it just gave more details on how blatant our lackadaisical reaction was, and most likely only because it offered a LIVE FEED political spot light for ol joe saving the world at the S Carolina resort! :)

[Seekthetruth]

This was a love letter from Erik Swalwell's Chinese mistress. No big deal.

[lewstone]

The balloon was actually launched from Mt. Shasta underground base.

[DeshiDudesYT]

These days I had something exciting in my daily life. I'm going to have those boring days again. Thanks Ballon for spice things up for few days 🎉

[meisievannancy]

Balloon control obviously broken . So it was obviously drifting St 62000ft.

[steverudder]

Your title is "Solving the mystery of the Chinese Balloon."
You didn't SOLVE anything!!

[johnsonhunglo]

'Uncle' Joe is going to have to explain to that little Chinese kid why they shot down his birthday balloon!!!
We used $200M worth of military hardware to destroy a $5 K-Mart balloon!!!