What China said about suspected Chinese spy balloon spotted over US

CNN - 02-03-2023 - FORCE THE S.O.B. DOWN !!! CNN IS SAYING IT IS LOW TECH. HA HA, BALLOONS ARE HIGH TECH. THE U.S. HAS SEVERAL AT THE EDGE OF SPACE AND THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO TRACK A SOCCER BALL HALF WAY ACROSS OUR CONTINENT OF THE U.S.
Trump and other Republicans call for the US 'to shoot down' a suspected Chinese spy balloon Trump called for the US to "SHOOT DOWN THE BALLOON" as a suspect Chinese spy craft floats above the US.
In response to the episode, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is reportedly postponing his trip to China.
Other GOP officials said it was a mistake for the US to have not acted sooner.
Former President Donald Trump and a growing number of GOP lawmakers on Friday called for the US to shoot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon as Beijing pushed for cooler heads.
"SHOOT DOWN THE BALLOON!" Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth.
The Pentagon said later in the day that US officials had considered shooting down the balloon at an unspecified threat, but that they accessed that it did not pose a threat militarily while in flight or to Americans on the ground. There were also concerns that shooting the balloon could lead to safety risks from falling debris.
"It is big enough that again in reviewing our approach that we do recognize that any potential debris field would be significant and potentially civilian injuries, or deaths, or significant property damage, so again this is part of our calculus in terms of our overall assessment," Pentagon spokesperson Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder told reporters.
The US is tracking a suspected Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon over the continental United States, defense officials said. CNN's Steven Jiang has more on Beijing's response to the discovery.

THIS WAS IN 2019 - U.S. Military Launches Giant Balloons to Spy on the Midwest - The U.S. military is currently in the process of testing a large-scale surveillance system made up of floating radar designed to monitor everything from individual cars to entire cities.
A FCC report authorizing elements of the tests states: “Conduct high altitude MESH networking tests over South Dakota to provide a persistent surveillance system to locate and deter narcotic trafficking and homeland security threats.“
The test have already begun in July and will run through September. They involve high-altitude balloons, equipped with a range of sensors, floating at heights of up to 65,000 feet. - https://strangesounds.org/2019/08/midwest-spy-balloons-usa-military.html

BIDEN'S BIRTHDAY BALLOON FROM CHINA.
ALSO MAYBE IT'S HERE TO PICKUP ANTHONY BLINKIN FOR HIS RIDE TO BEJING