The  Chinese surveillance balloon  that floated across the United States recently was  not exactly the cutting edge  of super-secret spy technology. For one thing, there it was in plain sight for days, visible to anyone along its path. Spy satellites and other methods accomplish much more—and are more difficult to spot. What the balloon did masterfully, however, was stoke rage and finger-pointing on the ground. It's actually a brilliant psychological warfare tactic: send a simple balloon across the United States and  watch the superpower bicker and fight .

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