Spy Balloon

[g5000]

I stole this line from my son who is smarter than most folks here (and every damn liberal):

“I propose we fly a yuuuuge kite over Beijing in retaliation”

Way ahead of you.

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I saw we retaliate by sending 50 intercontinental balloons of doom!

 

[Delldude]

with all our technology and they can't burn the damn thing up over open land? Boy. You sher cain't believe all this stuff you see on the TeeVee.

ELINT info bonanza.Thing was Xmitting back to momma the whole time, guarantee we copied it all. And who knows what BS we provided them?

 

[Marener]

That wasn't the path. FACT. What are you arguing about?

You demand I believe things not by showing any evidence of them but by writing FACT, behind it.

I’m arguing that you love to make claims without any evidence.

 

[Delldude]

Myrtle Beach is the redneck Riviera.

ENR 5.1 Prohibited, Restricted, and Other Areas

www.faa.gov

I see you've never been there.

 

[beagle9]

In this case hit the balloon!
Proof it
The entirely world is laughing

Done

 

[beagle9]

They can send a military plane to intercept it.

Done

 

[beautress]

You are USMBs version of Bob Dylan (that's a big compliment)

I did get carried away after years of Haiku discipline... Thanks for kind words.

 

[candycorn]

The Chinese have like 500 satellites in space. This doesn't count the information they probably get from the Soviets and what they can gain through espionage and trips to Mara Largo, Delaware etc...

The balloon is not a concern.

What should concern folks is this. If the balloon flew over the states that border Montana undetected...that is pretty bad. If it came from Canada and they didn't tell us/didn't know about it...that is pretty bad too. I doubt it got past our monitors. If so, we have a stunning hole in our defense system. My feeling/hope is that the guys and gals at NORAD/The Pentagon knew about it and just hopped nobody would notice it via cloud cover or whatever. I'm more disappointed that they thought it would go unnoticed

So, according to this guy, it was over Alaska and we apparently missed it...Canada Missed it.. That is more disturbing than anything else.

 

[candycorn]

got any proof of that??

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

 

[Dalia]

A little humor never hurt no one !

 

[SweetSue92]

A little humor never hurt no one !

I loved that 5th dimension song when I was a little girl...

 

[Dalia]

I loved that 5th dimension song when I was a little girl...

Me too, i love this song ! But more seriously, I hope you’re done with the Chinese balloons.

 

[SweetSue92]

Me too, i love this song ! But more seriously, I hope you’re done with the Chinese balloons.

You and I both. But this nation is such a wreckage right now nothing would surprise me. Sadly.

 

[Markle]

Did you get confused because of a missing comma? Poor snowflake..

Well, you have to admit, the Second Amendment would be worthless without commas!

 

[Ringo]

It seems that the Chinese have provoked the U.S. to set a precedent for limiting the use of such vehicles by the U.S. itself.

A little over a year ago there was an article in Popular Mechanics that ended with the words:

"President Biden indicated that after the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the U.S. will rely more on 'over the horizon' operations, in which there are no boots on the ground. This will place more reliance on remote sensors such as drones, meaning balloons might start to supplement and replace traditional varieties of drone. Theaters like the South China Sea, which call for persistent surveillance, might be a good fit for balloons. "

America Is Developing Its Own Spy Balloons. Here’s Why They’re So Useful

Air-tracking laser beams, swarms of support drones, and total dominion at 70,000 feet.

www.popularmechanics.com

Apparently this is where the hesitation of U.S. leadership stemmed from: "To shoot down or not to shoot down?"

Now the Chinese can shoot down U.S. stratospheric balloons over the South China Sea, citing a precedent.

 

[Mac1958]

Three Chinese spy balloons infiltrated the US during Trump admin

The Department of Defense reported that three Chinese spy balloons entered US airspace during the Trump administration, something that was not previously disclosed.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[SweetSue92]

Three Chinese spy balloons infiltrated the US during Trump admin

The Department of Defense reported that three Chinese spy balloons entered US airspace during the Trump administration, something that was not previously disclosed.

www.dailymail.co.uk

"entered". You know the Pentagon used the word "Briefly" to describe it. NOT traversed the entire US continent unbothered.

 

[Marener]

"entered". You know the Pentagon used the word "Briefly" to describe it. NOT traversed the entire US continent unbothered.

Pathetic

 

[SweetSue92]

Pathetic

IOW, accurate and you have no answer for it.

If a Chinese balloon "briefly" breached US air space but then corrected, Trump was right not to shoot it down. But he would never have let the balloon travel across the entire continent.

 

[Marener]

IOW, accurate and you have no answer for it.

If a Chinese balloon "briefly" breached US air space but then corrected, Trump was right not to shoot it down. But he would never have let the balloon travel across the entire continent.

So it’s okay to spy on the us as long as it’s “brief”. Pathetic.

Trump was too big of a wuss to shoot anything down.