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Should have been pierced to start deflating over the Pacific when it entered the U.S. air defense zone north of the Aleutian Islands on Jan. 28: https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government.... See metal hook at the end of a rope from a helicopter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C6_pdSedow

Helicopters can’t fly to 65000 ft, due to the low air density.

It sounds like it wasnt detected until after it was already over the US and they shot it down over ~47ft deep water so it can be recovered pretty easily

Not gonna lie, I don't know. But I feel like it's probably more useful to gather information on it than to destroy it.

With another balloon? You'd just want to cut off and grab the payload, right?

A ladder perhaps? Or ... another balloon!