I have read elsewhere that the objective of the balloon was to collect radar pings across the US and map where they are.

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That's just what the white hats want normies to think so they are more open to whats to come in the investigations into Biden. We may also see more escalation with China in the future, but it will also likely just be part of the movie as well

Absolutely. The lack of action made him complicit.