[Deaf Smith]

>>Salvage

From the vids, the military shot the payload and not the balloon itself.

From 60k ft, the debris will be over many square miles over the flowing Gulf Stream.

Good luck finding much of anything.

[Myrddin]

From the vids, the military shot the payload and not the balloon itself.

Nope. You didn't take time to look at the hi-res video that clearly shows the missile impact at the bottom of the balloon. The payload began dropping, then the balloon began to shred.