Bruce
4 February 2023 10:53
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Someone in China must have had a complete breakdown to have thought sending a balloon over the USA was a good idea.
They must have just got bored with all the info streaming in from their spy satellites and decided ballooning was the way to go just to liven things up.
Did I heard right that there is now a second balloon floating around
Scarey stuff
2nd balloon seen over Latin America.
Maybe it was just a breeze after all…tut tut , those Chinese weather forecasters.
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lol. . . because two balloons are less threatening than one. /s
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Whose idea was that, A Spy Balloon?
I wonder if this is a prelude to America going gung ho into China like they did with ‘weapons of mass destruction’ in Iraq…
Someone has a lot of Puff.
Why have satellites when we have Balloons.
A small balloon would have been better, for Spying purposes.
AnnieS
5 February 2023 00:04
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Is the US part of it? the link says they left in 2020
The debris is being collected, China is mad, and this is not so uncommon.
The debris landed in 47 feet of water, shallower than officials had expected, and it spread out over roughly seven miles and the recovery operation included several ships. The officials estimated the recovery efforts would be completed in a short time, not weeks. A salvage vessel was en route.
China responded that it reserved the right to “take further actions” and criticized the U.S. for “an obvious overreaction and a serious violation of international practice.”
This isn’t the first time Chinese spy balloons have crossed into U.S. airspace in recent years, one of the officials said. At least three times during the Trump administration and at least one other time during Biden’s time as president they’ve seen balloons cross, but not for this long, the official said.
What a waste of resource, should have bought it down with a catapult
Chinese balloon part of vast aerial surveillance program, U.S. says
Spy balloon effort operates in Hainan province off China’s south coast and has for years collected information on military assets in several countries, officials said
The U.S. intelligence community has linked the Chinese spy balloon shot down on Saturday to a vast surveillance program run by the People’s Liberation Army, and U.S. officials have begun to brief allies and partners who have been similarly targeted.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/02/07/china-spy-balloon-intelligence/
Someone needs to invent a Stealth Balloon.
