Minoru Saba<p>"Doubts raised over Japan's ability to shoot down spy balloons"(The Japan Times, 13 Feb 2023 )<br />1. Law may need tweaking to allow JSDF to shoot rather than shoo away.<br />2. Balloon altitude higher than JSDF fighter capabilities.<br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SpyBalloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpyBalloon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/02/13/national/spy-balloons-sdf/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/02/</span><span class="invisible">13/national/spy-balloons-sdf/</span></a></p><p>So, "<a href="https://toad.social/tags/SpaceLasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaceLasers</span></a>"?<br />"On a sunny day, it's simple to use the energy of the Sun, Earth's very own star, to pop balloons and cook marshmallows."(Scholastic, 9 Sept 2016)<br /><a href="https://www.scholastic.com/parents/school-success/learning-toolkit-blog/easy-solar-heat-beam-activity-no-spaceship-required.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scholastic.com/parents/school-</span><span class="invisible">success/learning-toolkit-blog/easy-solar-heat-beam-activity-no-spaceship-required.html</span></a></p>