"Department of Defense" under Potatohead as the Commander in Chief and his merry little band of queers and transsexuals have about as much credibility as Pee Wee Herman. Remember all the other lies we have heard from the Potatohead administration?
Especially after the security advisors under Trump said it never happen. Even John Bolton who is no supporter of Trump.
And the Biden crime family investigations are starting now.The security advisors that are all proven liars, and foreign policy failures?
I'll take DOD's word on this one.
Michael Flynn was also an advisor under Trump, and he is now a proven traitor, like the traitor he served under.
It was an entire administration of traitors. Now that's been revealed the balloons weren't discovered until after Trump left office. What else are we going to keep finding out about this traitors failed administration?
Like how much he got for all of the top secret documents he took home with him. And probably still has in other locations.
And we still don't know what he gave China for Ivankas 13 patents they have never given to anyone.
The investigations into the Trump crime family will be continuing for a long time.
And the Biden crime family investigations are starting now.
PS - you have no evidence that Trump "took" any documents home, or even was aware that they had left the White House. Not a shred.
And the Biden crime family investigations are starting now.
PS - you have no evidence that Trump "took" any documents home, or even was aware that they had left the White House. Not a shred.
LOL.....tell me about His limited supply of proven DC 'advisors'.I do not think it was by accident, he choose them.
And now you are saying it is because he was so incompetent and ignorant that he did not know they were deep staters. We all knew, how is it that he did not?
President Biden has demonstrated that he is a weak president. They want to take full control of Taiwan. President Biden has said that we will use our military to defend Taiwan.1) What intel can they get that they can’t get from satellites? You didn’t answer this. You just repeated yourself and dropped a funny rating.
2) If they were spying on us with those balloons, then we will determine that from the wreckage and it will escalate tensions between us and China. I fail to see why they would want to do that, knowing that we could just shoot it down and determine their intentions to spy on us if that were the case. Perhaps you can address this instead of spamming funny ratings.
Assuming it was in fact a spy balloon, which we don’t know, which was the entire fucking argument that you lost track of.President Biden has demonstrated that he is a weak president. They want to take full control of Taiwan. President Biden has said that we will use our military to defend Taiwan.
Yes, we COULD have shot down the balloon as it approached the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, baren parts of Canada, and Montana. But we did not. We allowed it to gather information at its leisure and complete its mission.
LOL.....tell me about His limited supply of proven DC 'advisors'.
Not say saying He was incompetent , just trick f**ked by the deep state.
And it looks like I am right.
Pompeo
Barr
Wray
Meadows
Ratcliffe
Haspel
Just to name a few of the ones at the top
of course it was a spy balloon, even Biden has acknowledged that fact.Assuming it was in fact a spy balloon, which we don’t know, which was the entire fucking argument that you lost track of.
Don’t forget the dislike rating.
Barr and Wray for sure, the others I think not. By the way, deepstaters are mostly not elected or appointed politicians.
did you miss the word "mostly"? Yes, some of them are pols, obviously.So, none of these people you listed are elected politicians?
Gore? no, Gates? no. Kochs? no, Schumer? no, Pelosi?
Yes that could be the assumptive thinking for sure, and the hallowed out part makes sense because we are a nation hiding behind military technology now, otherwise meaning that we aren't standing strong on principles and morals that would back up our military option with more intellectual Intel, and more God given patience to make proper assessments in anything we do.Makes sense to me......probably not the socialists on this board.
Rubio says China flew balloon over US to send 'a message': They think America is 'in decline'
"The key part here is they knew exactly what they were doing and there was a message behind it," Rubio told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl.
"They understood that it [the balloon] was going to be spotted, they knew the U.S. government would have to reveal it, that people were gonna see it over the sky. And the message they were trying to send is what they believe internally, and that is that the United States is a once-great superpower that's hollowed out, it's in decline," Rubio said.
"The message they're trying to send the world is, 'Look, these guys can't even do anything about a balloon flying over U.S. airspace. How can you possibly count on them if something were to happen in the Indo-Pacific region? ... How are they going to come to the aid of Taiwan or stand with the Philippines or Japan or India when the Chinese move on their territory?'" he said.
Yes, I'm thinking that it was for pure imagery purposes, and longer loitering time over it's target's of interest. Was probably data linked back to Beijing and instantly categorized for Intel purposes.That article addressed being not so easy to shoot down.
Regarding imagery, satellites are in an orbit with a limited loiter time over a target.
“Not only are they cheaper than launching satellites into space, but by operating within the bounds of the earth’s atmosphere, closer to the surface, they can obtain better quality images,” he added. The latest generation of balloons are high-tech in their own right, “envisaged as systems that can fly up to 90,000 feet” high, “deploy their own drone systems” and detect incoming missiles.
Balloons can soar above the range of most planes, Clarke said, and their slow speed means they aren’t always picked up by radar. Additional technology or paint can help to conceal them further.
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Satellites can provide high-resolution imagery, Clarke said — but balloons can stay over one area for longer periods than satellites, if the weather permits.
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In a world of drones and satellites, why use a spy balloon?
Spy balloons might sound old-fashioned, but they actually have several advantages. And analysts say Washington has its own reasons for not shooting down China’s balloon.www.stripes.com