The Chinese balloon shoot-down incident and the law: some observations

This past weekend, I had the great honor to join two brilliant attorneys to examine the legal aspects of the Chinese spy balloon’s incursion into U.S. airspace and subsequent shootdown:

We conclude the presence of the HAB in U.S. national airspace was unlawful. We conclude the U.S. had a domestic legal basis for the use of force against the HAB, and that the attack was justified as a reprisal under international law. 

Read the whole thing here at Duke University’s Lawfire blog.