By Nirmal P. Acharya
On February 3 the US spotted a stray balloon in its airspace over its nuclear missile base in Montana.
Based on the chart of the movement released by the US, the balloon was first set off from Xinjiang, China. The balloon then entered Korean airspace without being detected. Next, it entered Japanese airspace without being detected. Later, it entered Canadian territorial airspace also undetected. Afterwards, the balloon entered the US airspace undetected. Subsequently, the stray balloon eventually wandered into the airspace of the US nuclear missile launch base in Montana and was detected by the high-altitude radar deployed at the base.
China soon admitted that the stray balloon was a “civilian unmanned airship used for flight tests” that had deviated from its route, having been blown off course.
On February 5, the stray balloon lowered its altitude and was knocked out by a US missile.
I wonder if this rogue balloon would one day float over the Himalayas and stay above the MCC project site, staring at the MCC like the Montana nuclear missile launch site at an altitude of 30,000m and Nepal is definitely not capable of shooting it down. What can we do?
Fortunately, the MCC is not governed by the Nepali government and is not governed by Nepali law. So we don’t have to worry about it.
Therefore, I propose that the US government provide additional funding to the MCC program specifically to prepare for the shooting down of the rogue balloon.
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