Why the U.S. used missiles, not cheap bullets, to shoot down Chinese balloon, 3 unidentified objects

U.S. fighter jets fired five heat-seeking AIM-9X Sidewinder missile to take down four aerial objects floating high over U.S. and Canadian airspace between Feb. 4 and Feb. 12, U.S. officials said. The unidentified floating octagon shot down over Lake Huron in upper Michigan require two Sidewinders, because the first one failed to detect the object, "did not fuse," and crashed "harmlessly" into Lake Huron, U.S. officials said Tuesday. The military and Biden administration got some blowback for usi...