The object shot over Lake Huron has not yet been confirmed by the U.S. to be another Chinese spy balloon.
While Sidewinder missiles for various fighter jets routinely cost over $400,000, he said that cost becomes negligible in the larger context due to such defense items already being paid for in previous budgets."The question is not the cheapest way to bring it down, but the best way because you need to find out what it is because it seemed to escape the detection systems of NORAD...This is not rocket science," Menon said."It's really the question of the best tool to use.
"The cynic in me does think that the total cost of this mission—the guaranteed $470,000 loss plus potential losses of more AIM9xs, plus the potential loss of a downed F-22—would cost many millions of dollars and being able and willing to risk that could signal U.S. resolve to China, at least in the mind of U.S. policymakers," Cohen said.
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