Originally Posted by
Low average
The timing is too much of a co-incidence to me. The US has finally started to call China out over Taiwan and the South China Sea. Called it a bigger threat than Russia, and has just struck a deal for bases in the Phillipines. Resistance to the slow coiling Chinese Dragon is growing.
This balloon, with its considerable payload hovering over the continental US, capable or not...is a message.
And the strategic significance of the balloon over Costa Rica. What are they up to?