Originally Posted by
Geezers of Nazareth
Could they switch-off GPS for a short while to see if it confuses the entire thing? Could they GPS-spoof to make the balloon think that it was back over Chinese territory and see it it has a "I'm home, I will descend to land" system?
I suspect that the scenario where one of their balloons continues circumnavigating the earth to return to its launch point probably hasn't occurred to the Chinese.