Let me simplify it for you so you don't have to squirm so hard.
No, you don't have any evidence there were weapons on board that balloon.
You tried every other way to phrase it than that.
To be fair, you do not have any idea if it carried any kind of weapon either, but you had no problem allowing it to fly across the entire United States. I don't think that's a wise approach at all.
You cannot guess about what is on a balloon with such a massive payload. The sensible thing to do would gave been to shoot it down. Sooner rather than later.
Reports are saying that we tracked this before it even entered US airspace. it flew over very remote areas. When we finally did shoot it down, there was no debris field (apparently) since they simply "popped" the balloon and the whole thing fell down (apparently) in one piece.
I think the whole idea of doing nothing while it flew across the US shows more weakness than anything else.
We'll see.
