
(Preview) Biden’s State of the Union; Escalating Rhetoric in Congress; Holes in the Hardliner Balloon Theory; What Xi Thinks about Competition
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
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Is This Really a New Program?
Seguess: It would be pretty impressive to launch a balloon or unmanned civilian airship from the PRC and have it. Time it perfectly, overflow the US 24 hour and be spotted 24 hours before Blinken was going to fly off to Beijing. That is like some serious balloon maneuvering, right? Best civilians in the world and the civilian airship industry. So I think just from a practical perspective, look, I'm not saying it's impossible, but that would be an impressive feat."
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