French fighter jets practiced shooting down high-altitude balloons as the battle for near space heats up

Source: Business Insider

A still from footage shared by France's defense minister from a test of MICA IR missiles from a Rafale and a Mirage 2000 against very high altitude balloons. Sébastien Lecornu/XFrench fighter jets shot down high-altitude balloons with air-to-air missiles in a recent test. France warned that the battle for near-space is heating up and pointed to China's spy balloon over the US.