China foreign ministry: 'airship' over the U.S. a 'force majeure accident'

This is an interesting perspective. I suppose it could be a spotter for a missile strike. Could be targeting the nuclear silos in Montana and whatever they got down in South America? I read somewhere that China has been making military movements on Taiwan and other places.. perhaps they are prepping to invade their neighbors and want eyes on the US to see how we react? They could get a hypersonic missile here in like what, 30 minutes? They'd be able to shut down our missiles if they take too long to launch, or at the very least. They'd see movement on the ground in response to their actions.

I'm talking out of my ass and know nothing about these things really lol

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