China lets loose a balloon that travels 1,000s of mile on no fuel, and the US sends up a $330 million airplane that costs $70,000/hour to operate to launch a missile (also not cheap) to take it down. I’d say the Chinese have the advantage in cost effectiveness, by a mile.
China lets loose a balloon that travels 1,000s of mile on no fuel, and the US sends up a $330 million airplane that costs $70,000/hour to operate to launch a missile (also not cheap) to take it down. I’d say the Chinese have the advantage in cost effectiveness, by a mile.