Last Thursday, almost a fortnight after the US Air Force shot down a Chinese balloon on Feb 4, President Joe Biden finally broke his silence. Earlier, the balloon had been hovering over North American ...

Last week’s balloon shootdowns weren’t new—they were the latest chapter in a long, weird grudge match between aircraft and lighter-than-air threats. From WWI balloon-busting and Zeppelin raids to ...

I wish NORAD would borrow a few of our A-10 Thunderbolts and their pilots for balloon-shooting duty, because I’ve heard one missile from an F-16 costs $400,000. If balloon busting is going to be a ...