U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance balloon

Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by OJFord on Sunday February 05, 2023 @05:23AM (#34663618)

Russia frequently has military jets head for the UK, as I understand it just to test reaction time. (E.g. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/raf-ukraine-... as a search result, I haven't read)

I assume this is something similar, just more to assess what the response is than how quick a known response is.

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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by hutzlibu on Sunday February 05, 2023 @05:37AM (#34663704)

But to be fair, this sort of game is going on since the cold war in both directions.

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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by OJFord on Sunday February 05, 2023 @08:46PM (#34672196)

Sure, I didn't mean to be 'unfair' or to make too much of it (it hits the news every time, as though it's at all likely it would've been a genuine threat) - just to offer another example of something I assume is similar in motive.

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