"Biden deliberately upped the ante by ordering the shooting down. He needed to show a bit of political muscle at home."

Can anybody think of another way to take down a huge object that is 60 miles up in the air?

background info: "The Chinese balloon is also roughly the size of three buses, whereas weather balloons typically expand to only about 20 feet across. Scientific American spoke with Villasenor about why the aircraft's maneuverability is so unusual and how such surveillance balloons compare with satellites.