Commentary: How does the US-China relationship continue after the spy balloon saga?
by Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune
Feb 07, 2023
3 minutes
If you thought the Chinese spy balloon saga would deflate as fast as the balloon did over the Atlantic Ocean, you’re sadly mistaken. Days after a U.S. F-22 destroyed the device with a single air-to-air missile at 58,000 feet, the story continues to hover over the news cycle like a blimp over Mile High Stadium. The only difference is we can’t use a fighter jet to bomb the conversation out of existence.
Take the emotion out of it, and the discovery of the spy balloon is a relatively mundane event. By the Pentagon’s
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