Maneuverable.

This is coolbert:

Shoot the damned thing down! Now!

Unmanned Chinese surveillance balloon now over USA not wholly dependent on the upper air current direction for course? Has some sort of undisclosed technology that allows for course correction?

"Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Is ‘Maneuverable,’ Has Changed Direction At 60,000 Feet: Pentagon"

From www.dailywire.com  DailyWire.com the article by Ryan Saavedra | Feb 3, 2023.

"The U.S. Department of Defense revealed Friday that the suspected Chinese spy balloon that is flying over the United States has the ability to maneuver and has changed direction at 60,000 feet."

"Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder would not say how the balloon could be maneuvered and refused to state if the communist Chinese government was in control of the balloon."

There is a LOT of media attention to this high-flying Chinese balloon. All the experts are of the opinion that they baffled as to the intention of the balloon payload if this flight it is indeed that of an intelligence and surveillance mission. The consensus is that you can do all that sort of "spy work" so much easier and without creating a headache if you USE satellites of which the Chinese have more than a few in orbit.

A maneuverable balloon totally unlike that of the American Genetrix series of photographic intelligence balloons NOT floating aimlessly driven only by the winds of the upper atmosphere I must admit as far as I know a first.

Maybe more than maybe the USA needs to shoot that balloon down and do so now!

coolbert.