Taiwan’s defence ministry said it had detected six more Chinese balloons flying over the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, one of which crossed the island, the latest in a spate of such balloons the ministry says it has seen over the past month-and-a-half.
The ministry earlier this month, in a strongly worded statement, accused China of threatening aviation safety and waging psychological warfare on the island’s people with the balloons, days before Taiwan’s Jan. 13 elections.
Wouldn’t that be a good way to waste a lot of valuable air defenses. If you’re spending millions to shot down balloons that cost thousands is that really a win?
Who said it costs millions to shoot it down? It’s a baloon, couldn’t a prop plane with a machine gun take it down? Or just a cheap drone?
They float at like 60000 feet plus. There’s a reason why america used the F22 to shoot the balloon down.
Shit, that’s crazy. So even a drone wouldn’t work without some stupid expensive rocketry.
Send up a counter balloon. Or shoot it with a laser. Or send up a counter balloon with a laser.