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According to the Pentagon, the balloon is around 60k feet in the air, well above the height of commercial airplanes. By contrast, a bullet shot straight up in the air can only reach a maximum height of around 10k feet—and it can be deadly when it falls back to earth. https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/suspected-chinese-balloon-us/h_6486df5fac1d6585d6a2922fb8c5b936 https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/07/02/the-science-of-why-firing-your-gun-up-into-the-air-can-be-lethal/
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