Balloon cops
As they are more commonly known the FAA, and their enforcement arm - the USAF
They have no jurisdiction in Europe though.
Air space is regulated and enforced here too. Even for drones.
You need a license. And yes the balloon cops (FAA) will be all over your ass in no time.
How come I don't see any high-speed balloon chases then?
But my BIL had to get a license to fly his drone and needs to get approval from the FAA to go over like 100ft at my MILs house because it's "so close" (like 3 miles in a straight line) to the airport.
How come I don’t see any high-speed balloon chases then?
That is impeded by laws higher than your country's.
You don't need a license to fly a gyrocopter, but you do need to file flight plans in advance.
Depends on if you're a Chinese balloon... in which case... have fun eating AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles fired from a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor lol.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Chinese_balloon_incident
https://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/design_approvals/balloons
Can't believe it was a year ago
Launch hundreds of dummy balloons to waste tens of millions of dollars of the USAF's money.
Those are deadly, you don't want to pop them
Actually .. You do
I'm not sure about lighter than air craft, but in the US you don't need a license to fly microlight aircraft, as long as it's less than 250 pounds and has less than a 5 gallon fuel tank, iirc
Well.... Ya don't.
But you do need a pilot certificate.
The FAA might have something to say about it.
The FAA has nothing to say in my country, they won't stop me from balloning around
Any country with controlled airspace will have some initialism brigade with something to say about it.
F22s are very fond of balloons
FAA is going to have some choice words (and fines) for you if you fly where you shouldn't
All fun and games until Officer Fulton calls in a skyhook
FAA will happily send a Blackhawk to intercept you.
For extra fun you should fly into military airspace and see what happens then.
I think normal guns would be enough so sadly the answer would be normal cops. Boring i know :(
Even more boring, you do need a license.
If you're very unlucky the air force cops would be stopping you
In most of the world, no, it would be the balloon police. Even if normal cops could handle it.
Also, the balloon police has much more impressive weapons.
The monkey holding a dart watching the balloon fly by: "I'm about to end this man's whole career."
Bro don't mess with balloon cups I one inverted a poodle tail at a party still building railroads
The FAA doesn't issue licenses, but a pilot certificate is required for the balloon pictured.
