Balloons, Balloons, Everywhere! . . . Can the United States Detect Invading Weather Balloons? . . .

The Omaha Bugle-Global News Network

Adam and Jeff discuss the international crisis caused by the Chinese balloon laden with spy equipment that recently floated across North America before being shot down over the Atlantic Ocean. Jeff wonders whether our defense dollars are being well-spent if we cannot detect a slow-moving "hostile" balloon before it crosses over U.S. territory. Adam and Jeff think that China should have plastered "Happy Birthday Britney!" on the balloon so that it could have plausibly denied any involvement with the balloon. As an alternative, Jeff suggests that the CCP should have offered a young boy named Han to the news media to formally apologize for his Heath-kit balloon floating out of his backyard near Beijing and crossing the ocean in order to deflect blame from the Chinese government. Because the Biden Administration claimed that it did not want to shoot the balloon down over a densely-populated area, Adam and Jeff wonder why the balloon was not shot down over the Alaskan tundra which is not exactly a bustling metropolis. They also debate whether the ballon was merely a provocation to see how the U.S. would react to intrusions into its airspace. Adam also marvels at the route followed by the balloon over the United States as it managed by sheer coincidence to pass over several missile launch sites and military installations.