They’re Going To Try To Shoot Down The Balloon
By Once the balloon is over water, its uncontrolled landing no longer presents a danger to people. A fleet of planes and ships – Coast Guard, Navy, and Air Force – is gathering off the coast of the Carolinas for shootdown and pickup of the surveillance package.
It’s being eagerly followed on Twitter. Some accounts to follow if you don’t already.
Shashank Joshi, who writes for the Economist, is good for commentary.
Laura Rozen isn’t an expert, but she is collecting some of the more interesting tweets.
Aaannnnd! The balloon seems to be down!