Q Team:
I am quite sure that these Chinese spy balloons are not only used to spy, but to hack our systems, remote control and sabotage systems, and to "contaminate" our atmosphere with these bio weapons. We have to start capturing them at all altitudes intact, and dissect them. If they have been allowed to operate unopposed then most likely they created various forms, depending on the deployed operations.
If they can flood our borders with fentanyl, release man made bio-weapons, and get caught 3 times poisoning our children's toys with lead then why wouldn't they want to cause some type of nuclear disaster?