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Spy balloons, UFOs and a standoff with China: Politics Weekly America

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The US and China Are at It Again, Isn't It?

China has accused the United States of flying high altitude balloons over Xinjiang and Tibet regions, which brought an immediate denial from the white house. They are surprisingly rather hard to spot by convention and any kind of conventional radar because of what they're made of and their their altitude. It's an interesting thought that actually a balloon in a way is a sign of weakness. It's a sign you don't have more high tech or more subtle options if you have to resort to putting a balloon in the air. This is a whole battle, isn't it? I remember people would, you know, jaws dropped when it emerged that China had stolen the designs for the American F 35 stealth fighter and hacked

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