The Chinese spy balloon and the military applications of aerostats

Chinese spy balloon. Source - TSchlitt-Photography.
Chinese spy balloon. Source - TSchlitt-Photography.

In recent days, a Chinese spy balloon has been positioned, among other points, over the Malstrom base (Montana) where the United States deploys 150 ICBM missile silos. Although it was finally shot down, it managed to remain for hours on the perimeter of the aforementioned base. A fact that tells us that this incursion is not any kind of accident, but is deliberately directed at the core of the fundamental defensive system of any superpower: the nuclear deterrence arsenal.

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