I present to you Tu-128, the USSR's dedicated NATO balloon buster [0]. US found it quite funny to send in hundreds of balloons to reconnoitre and send a message[1][2].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-28#Operational_hist...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Genetrix

[2] https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/the-soviets-built-besp...