It was known it was coming this way when it was over the ocean don't you understand China is the New World boss! no one is going to complain to the boss!Seriously, it becomes a story when over Montana? The Governor of Montana was never notified until it was hundreds of miles into MT. The flight path across Alaska and Canada over highly populated caribou migration must be reason it wasn't shot down? Wide open spaces in winter low risk to environment? More concerning is if was detected or not?
If we sent a balloon over China, it would be shot down LONG BEFORE it entered over their land LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE DONE!
The balloon went over central Alaska. Did we NOT know it was over the US? (BTW Alaska is still part of the US. ) We had PLENTY of time to shoot it down over 2,000 miles of absolutely nothing! Well maybe a caribou or two.
Why didn't CANADA shoot it down? Is this telling us how poor our detection capability is? Heck, NORAD does a better job tracking Santa's sleigh!
This is no doubt a psychological probe to provide military insight on our country's leadership's.
I am truly concerned over what's next.
I feel all of these foreign governments know where we're going with this they are just easing us into it. I believe it's already done!