Chinese newspaper trolls US with series of spy balloon 'attack' cartoons

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Chinese newspaper has trolled the United States by mocking the country and their current slate of weather balloon sightings.Taking to Twitter with the series of cartoons, one user showcased a piece drawn by Carlos Latuff, a Brazilian political cartoonist who provides pieces for Global Times.His most recent piece, titled Uncle Sam's overreaction, showcased the representation of a federal government figure cowering under a desk as a balloon marked "weather balloon" floated by.READ MORE: Experts explain why 'octagonal' might not be true shape of Lake Huron UFOIt comes as an obvious mockery of the United States, who have recently shot down a number of Chinese balloons, with reports indicating that they could be anything from spy balloons to UFOs.Latuff's latest cartoon however showcases the reaction the United States has had to the balloons, with a US fighter jet seen deploying missiles towards them.In the cartoon, Uncle Sam can also be seen on the phone, saying: "Send army, navy, air force!

We're under attack!"Another cartoon that was published in the paper has also blasted the US for focusing more on the slate of unidentified flying objects than it has on the devastating train derailment in Ohio.

China is not the only country to mock the United States' reaction to the slate of balloons, with a Russian scientist claiming the Chinese-owned pieces are actually there for "space exploration".Pro-Kremlin nut Vyacheslav Vdovin said: "The fact is that the atmosphere seriously interferes with the study of stars and planets, and flying at an altitude above 20–30 km actually saves us from its influence, and we can look into space and study its various objects."Remote sensing of the Earth from above...is an interesting task for a.