FAA closes El Paso and New Mexico airspace for 10 days

[jarlrmai]

Sorry if it upset you, but I took your post as a joke. The notion that "advanced laser weapons" should be the standard approach toward a simple balloon struck me as being a ludicrous overkill.

There are many things done by responsible societies to protect people that on the face of might seem overkill, but are there because we value life.