Article Title: Retired Military Officers | Chinese Balloon Response 'Pathetic'
Article Excerpt: "Pentagon | "surveillance" device gathering information for China. ...Retired Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer said that he would have shot the balloon down immediately for violating U.S. airspace and international law...Shaffer said the balloon was a "provocation" to test the United States. "This is clearly a provocation," Shaffer said. "It's a provocation, simple and clear. The Chinese could do any number of things to get intelligence. This is meant to have the effect it's having, to test our resolve and system defenses, and obviously we're failing badly across the board.""
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