The U.S. doesn’t know how to respond to real or imagined threats with sobriety because our political culture is so saturated in constant fearmongering about foreign dangers.
It wouldn't surprise me since the first Chinese ballon that all these others are being sent by one of the big MIC corporations. These balloons will no doubt balloon the defense spending even more.
Note that confident, self-assured societies don't act like this, constantly seeking out imaginary threats to panic over.
Confused, neurotic, paranoid societies on the other hand.....
It wouldn't surprise me since the first Chinese ballon that all these others are being sent by one of the big MIC corporations. These balloons will no doubt balloon the defense spending even more.