Pentagon: Chinese balloons infiltrated the United States at least three times during the Trump administration.

[DBA]

In a Nutshell....... This claim is misleading at best, misinformation really.


The line "transited briefly in Continental U.S. three times" - is a strangely worded sentence - CLEARLY - worded purposefully to allude to the simple minded that what just happened - happened three times during Trump.
It did not.
The details are not there.
"Transited BRIEFLY" is not the same as allowing a balloon to leisurely fly straight through the country and pausing over sensitive sites. NOT EVEN CLOSE.

Just another example of liberal media "but but TRUMP!!"
Transited briefly suggest the likely scenario was a balloon attempted to pass over U.S. soil... BRIEFLY entered our airspace,,, and likely told to leave and China complied.

Sadly, it doesn't take much to mislead Democrats.

 

[pknopp]

"briefly transited" ... key word there. What exactly does that mean?
Transited means "passed through"... but then uses the word "continental United States". Sorry, but common sense will tell you that is impossible. A balloon is not a Mach 1 fighter jet. it can't "pass through" the continent "briefly". Like this time, that would take days. What that tells me is that it entered U.S. continental airspace BREIFLY, and was likely told to get the hell out and China complied.

STILL - nothing like allowing it to leisurely pass over sensitive military sites for 3 days.

FAIL

China has every square inch of that site documented. We have every square inch of China documented. One isn't going to use easily tracked balloons to do something you have satellites to do. This had nothing to do with that.

 

[Cellblock2429]

This is stupid. You can't steer balloons.

/——-/ Not the first time enemies have launched balloons against us. You kids need to study history,

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/02/03/japanese-balloon-bombs-world-war/

 

[surada]

hahah the DOD has already confirm the xiden china ballon was able to be

It's dependent on altitude.

Chinese Spy Balloon Has Unexpected Maneuverability

An expert explains why it’s so odd that the suspected Chinese spy balloon can change course

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Pentagon: Chinese balloons infiltrated the United States at least three times during the Trump administration.

And yet no outrage from the right during those three times.

“Talking heads on cable TV are up in arms about the Chinese spy balloon that was floating across the continental U.S., before it was shot down Saturday afternoon. Conservative commentators have insisted President Joe Biden should’ve ordered the balloon be shot down earlier and that a foreign balloon flying over U.S. territory never would’ve happened under President Donald Trump. But it did happen under Trump, according to several new reports.”

Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too

Talking heads on cable TV were up in arms about the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday. But Chinese balloons were flying over the U.S. when former President Donald Trump was in office too.

www.forbes.com

 

[iamwhatiseem]

China has every square inch of that site documented. We have every square inch of China documented. One isn't going to use easily tracked balloons to do something you have satellites to do. This had nothing to do with that.

Satellites cannot infiltrate/hack into communication systems parrot.
The Pentagon said this was the first balloon they have seen that had such a large payload of equipment. Like I told another parrot like you - they wasn't hacking into McDonalds Drive Thru lanes.
Who knows what they were testing. This was a very ballsy move by China that I do not believe any other President would have EVER allowed to do what Biden allowed it to do - basically anything it wanted. Including hovering for over 12 hours between two major military bases.
They may have been testing to see what kind of cyber security it had, gaining intel into what security weaknesses they may have. Etc. And our weak, senile elderly President gave them all the time in the world to test and gather intel.

 

[surada]

Sadly, it doesn't take much to mislead Democrats.

The US has about 25 surveillance balloons.

Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US

Exclusive: the high-altitude balloons promise a cheap monitoring platform that could follow multiple cars and boats for extended periods

www.theguardian.com

 

[iamwhatiseem]

And yet no outrage from the right during those three times.

“Talking heads on cable TV are up in arms about the Chinese spy balloon that was floating across the continental U.S., before it was shot down Saturday afternoon. Conservative commentators have insisted President Joe Biden should’ve ordered the balloon be shot down earlier and that a foreign balloon flying over U.S. territory never would’ve happened under President Donald Trump. But it did happen under Trump, according to several new reports.”

Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too

Talking heads on cable TV were up in arms about the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday. But Chinese balloons were flying over the U.S. when former President Donald Trump was in office too.

www.forbes.com

Already debunked parrot.
Do try and keep up

 

[surada]

/——-/ Not the first time enemies have launched balloons against us. You kids need to study history,

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/02/03/japanese-balloon-bombs-world-war/

Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US

Exclusive: the high-altitude balloons promise a cheap monitoring platform that could follow multiple cars and boats for extended periods

www.theguardian.com

 

[DBA]

The US has about 25 surveillance balloons.

Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US

Exclusive: the high-altitude balloons promise a cheap monitoring platform that could follow multiple cars and boats for extended periods

www.theguardian.com

And?

 

[struth]

It's dependent on altitude.

Chinese Spy Balloon Has Unexpected Maneuverability

An expert explains why it’s so odd that the suspected Chinese spy balloon can change course

www.scientificamerican.com

this one could be. we are talking about this one.

 

[PeterPilot]

Why do people believe the lying pentagon?

 

[shockedcanadian]

You are desperate to make excuses for biden by smearing trump

No chinese spy ballons crossed the US coast-to-coast while trump was president

Biden allowed the chicoms to see and record everything they wanted for 6 or 7 days

I certainly couldn't imagine it occurring without excessive media coverage and leaks.

 

[pknopp]

Satellites cannot infiltrate/hack into communication systems parrot.
The Pentagon said this was the first balloon they have seen that had such a large payload of equipment. Like I told another parrot like you - they wasn't hacking into McDonalds Drive Thru lanes.

The Pentagon said that Iraq had WMD also. If you had wanted to point out that the Pentagon and Defense department regularly lies to us, then I would not have countered any argument.

Who knows what they were testing. This was a very ballsy move by China that I do not believe any other President would have EVER allowed to do what Biden allowed it to do - basically anything it wanted. Including hovering for over 12 hours between two major military bases.

I have no doubt you are highly partisan.

Just like when it was pointed out Trump ran up 7.8 trillion in debt, it wasn't his fault, he would never do that.

They may have been testing to see what kind of cyber security it had, gaining intel into what security weaknesses they may have. Etc. And our weak, senile elderly President gave them all the time in the world to test and gather intel.

As far as we really know, it was our balloon.

 

[Mac-7]

This is stupid. You can't steer balloons.

Yes they can, and the chicom spy balloons did it

Its not as agile as an airplane but it seems to be more agile than a typical balloon

Chinese Spy Balloon Has Unexpected Maneuverability

An expert explains why it’s so odd that the suspected Chinese spy balloon can change course

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[easyt65]

Reported:
Biden knew about it.
Knew it was coming.
Knew about it before it got to the states.
Allowed it to complete its mission.
He could have ordered it be spashed in the Aleutians.
He didn't.

Trump is not President, so snowflakes can stfu & stick to the facts of Biden's own failure to act in a timely manner on this one.

No more excusses. It is what it is.
Its done. Its over.

Those who are defending him are no surprise , they di it all the time, no matter what.

I am looking at this through 35 years of experience -I don't care if it was a Republican or Demorat who just allowed an enemy spycraft to FLOAT half way around the world, violate our sovereignty / airspace, camp out over US ICBM missile silos, collect data, cross the entire country , and let it leave before doing anything about it.

This was f*ed up - diplomatically, defensively, militarily, strategically, PR-wise...all the way around. It was handled poorly no matter who was in charge.

This administration has allowed Xi to controltge messaging, allowing HIM to make fun Of the US and go on the attack for us shooting down his nation's spycraft half way around the world over someone else's (ours) nation.

If Biden had any balls he would go on air and tell COVID-Boy to stfu, tell him we are tired of his his provocative acts, spreading his ChiCom crap - from viruses to spy balloons - all over the world, and remind him as his nation has grown more and more militaraily threatening / provocative in regards to their obvious intent to take Taiwan, actions like this one only raise tensions higher, potentially drawing us closer to conflict.

Call his bluff publicly, on the world stage, remind people this was an act of his/China's, and tell him to keep his floating ChiCom trailer trash in his country, that the next one will be shot down as soon it crosses our 12-mile buffer zone.

Won't happen,though. Biden doesn't have the balls, the cognitive abitlity, or the handlers with either to stand up to Xi / China.

What's done is done.

 

[JimH52]

How ironic. Biden is now the one who can use the balloon thing in 2024 against Trump, who allowed even more balloons in, and didn't even shoot them down.
Trump is weak.
From the Pentagon's website:

F-22 Safely Shoots Down Chinese Spy Balloon Off South Carolina Coast

A U.S. Air Force fighter safely shot down a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said in a written statement.

www.defense.gov

The hypocrite Pompeo says the balloon would not have flown so far in trump regime. Of course he is lying.

 

[Nobody911]

US Deep State & CCP have been playing the spy games for ages. Well, it's not yet the nuclear war game, actually. Just enjoy watching! lol.

Source:
(1) Secret Endeavors of Mysterious Spy Satellite revealed in Snowden Documents – Spaceflight101 – https://archive.fo/JzV7m
(2) China’s AI makes its satellites spies in the sky - Asia Times – archive.md

 

[EvilCat Breath]

They made it up, on the spot to cover for Biden's malfeasance. If there had been such an incursion during Trump's term it would have been broadcast on loudspeakers. General Milley, a Trump hater so bad that he offered to tell China about our military movements would personally get on Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel to cry about it.

 

[Delldude]

Read this.

China balloon: Many questions about suspected spy in the sky

The massive white orb that drifted across U.S. airspace and was shot down by the military has triggered a diplomatic maelstrom and blown up on social media.

apnews.com

U.S. officials said Saturday that similar Chinese balloons transited the continental United States briefly at least three times during the Trump administration and once that they know about earlier in the Biden administration. But none of those incidents lasted this length of time.

Same officials who signed the letter?