So about this spy balloon...

[Southernmiss]

Does anyone really think China would let one of our spy balloons fly over their military installments or other areas? No way, it would be shot down in a heart beat. Why do we tolerate a spy mission in our air space. Just plain crazy IMO

We already have spy info intelligence on China.

Satellites are as powerful as this balloon. Don't be deceived by current media and talking heads.

And the current balloon is flying too high to intercept.

https://fas.org/blogs/security/2021/11/a-closer-look-at-chinas-missile-silo-construction/#:~:text=The Chinese government has not,of China's nuclear modernization program

 

[Kitty 34]

 

[Dead2009]

There are spy satellites all over. And this type of spying is nothing new and has gone on for ages. I think hopemax is on to something. It's a slow news week and this is the latest thing for talking heads to rile the people up.

We have many other domestic issues to be more concerned about.

You can't really do anything about a satellite....in space. A foreign type of air craft entering our airspace without telling us isn't just "the latest thing to get the people riled up".

Just because there are domestic issues to worry about doesn't mean you ignore everything else either, unless it doesn't directly involve you. This does.

 

[Dead2009]

We already have spy info intelligence on China.

Satellites are as powerful as this balloon. Don't be deceived by current media and talking heads.

And the current balloon is flying too high to intercept.

https://fas.org/blogs/security/2021/11/a-closer-look-at-chinas-missile-silo-construction/#:~:text=The Chinese government has not,of China's nuclear modernization program

Why are you simping for China this hard? Lol.

 

[DLgal]

We already have spy info intelligence on China.

Satellites are as powerful as this balloon. Don't be deceived by current media and talking heads.

And the current balloon is flying too high to intercept.

https://fas.org/blogs/security/2021/11/a-closer-look-at-chinas-missile-silo-construction/#:~:text=The Chinese government has not,of China's nuclear modernization program

There is no such thing as "flying too high to intercept."

I assure you, the air force has the capability to take that thing down.

 

[Pink Partridge]

And the current balloon is flying too high to intercept.

What makes you think that?

 

[JaxDad]

We’ve had the capability to actually shoot down satellites with fighter aircraft since the 1980s.

And balloons, particularly maneuverable balloons, do offer some advantages over satellites for surveillance.

 

[jdb in AZ]

Now that the balloon is near the east coast, the FAA has issued ground stops at three major airports.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/faa-or...here-suspected-chinese-spy-balloon-last-seen/

 

[Pea-n-Me]

 

[elcapitanJack]

Does anyone really think China would let one of our spy balloons fly over their military installments or other areas? No way, it would be shot down in a heart beat. Why do we tolerate a spy mission in our air space. Just plain crazy IMO

what would happen if it was a Russian weather balloon?

 

[Dead2009]

It got shot down near North Carolina

 

[BlueStarryHat]

It got shot down near North Carolina

And if as the Chinese regime says, it's only a weather balloon that went off-course, they won't mind us shooting it down or having a look at it's insides, now will they? I'll be interested to see what they have to say about it now.

 

[Colleen27]

Because we just got another great jobs report, the recession the usual suspects hoped and dreamed for didn't materialize, and the mighty Wurlitzer of mock outrage syndrome must be fed.

This. It has happened before. It will happen again. But it is big news now because the conditions were just right for the story to go viral and feed the outrage narrative of the moment.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Looks like it is coming down now after a hit.

 

[jalapeno_pretzel]

Maybe now they can figure out what it is.

Except if they announce what it is, it won't really matter, because many people have already determined what it is themselves, and if what is announced doesn't match what one has already decided, it will simply be said that 'they' are lying.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Hahaha. Balloon was decoy for new spying technology.

Sincerely, China.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Orders to shoot it down when safe to do so were given to the DOD on Wednesday. DOD decided it was safe to do so once it was out over US territorial waters, away from land.

 

[xipotec]

It got shot down near North Carolina

Ill be on the lookout.

 

[yaksack]

It seems China is doing land surveillance to buy land in large chunks for investment purposes. Given the locations it is flying over and their history with doing that, it makes sense.

LOL

 

[DLgal]

LOL

Oh, I fully know this isn't what this is. China wants a war with us. This is all part of their long game.

But they ALSO like to buy up a bunch of land here. That's a fact.