Chinese Spy Balloon

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Raiderjay said:

why do we not shoot the f'r down?




No ***** I'll sign a waiver. Start the shootin.

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CoppellAg93 said:


If you look closely, there appears to be a message on it

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I wonder how long we've been tracking it. I hate to think the balloon made it all the way to Montana before being detected.
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cryption said:

I wonder how long we've been tracking it. I hate to think the balloon made it all the way to Montana before being detected.


We knew about it before it entered US airspace.
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UTExan said:

How are we not using EW aircraft to jam it or fry its electronics?


We have. We rendered it incapable of collecting and disseminating data.
cryption
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Crazy to me they let it get that far then. Plenty of places to shoot it down. The pentagon rep on TV made it sound like they found it in Montana - said as soon as they were aware they secured sensitive material. Seems fishy all around.
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Maybe now that it's been rendered useless we're tracking it to see where it goes and what they could possibly see for the next time they try with a better balloon? Or maybe what they saw when we missed a previous balloon?
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Most sane people will think this is nuts. The decision to not shoot it down is peak Democrat.
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Here's hoping. I would have preferred shooting it down. But I'm a dude on the internet so what do I know
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redcrayon said:

Deputy Travis Junior said:

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CDUB98 said:

Shoot it down and privately tell them that one more of those and they can say goodbye to Beijing.
You would risk injuring civilians on the ground.


Looks like it's floating over northern Montana. Area 51 is less remote than that.
Biden wanted to shoot it down but the Pentagon doesn't want to risk civilian casualties. Take it for what it's worth.
What was actually said to Biden, "Sir, you aren't qualified enough to operate a banana, much less our top secret X-45th Space Force fighter!"
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Si, tambien.
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Wonder if this thing is broadcasting anythinf
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My paranoid mind goes to what a simple way to explode an EMP device at height
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I've been tuned out most of today dealing with ice storm BS and didn't see this.

Jesus tap dancing Christ. Why are we suffering this sh**? Shoot that mother ****er down now.

*********bought and sold commie traitors in our government. They need to swing.
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captkirk said:

CoppellAg93 said:


If you look closely, there appears to be a message on it




That confirms it, it will be in DC on February 14th!
Fight against the dictatorship of the federal bureaucracy!
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Civilian casualties from a balloon falling? Wait until
It drifts over nowhere and hit the balloon with enough to drop it and capture the electronics as intact as possible.
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captkirk said:

CoppellAg93 said:


If you look closely, there appears to be a message on it


"Drink more Ovaltine?"
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Demosthenes81 said:

My paranoid mind goes to what a simple way to explode an EMP device at height

Nukes are pretty heavy. It would take a large balloon to haul it up that high so it would be easy to spot. Any advantage for employing an EMP device by balloon escapes me
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MouthBQ98 said:

Civilian casualties from a balloon falling? Wait until
It drifts over nowhere and hit the balloon with enough to drop it and capture the electronics as intact as possible.

It's over Montana. How much closer to nowhere are you going to find?
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they could get better imagery from google
earth…..this is totally provocative . Biden probably thinks someone is having a birthday party
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I feel like this should be a bigger deal than it's being made. Is it possible these things are always out there without us knowing?
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Laze it with a high power laser until the balloon is too damaged to remain aloft and recover it when it falls. No explosion, and if the hole is small it won't fall that fast.
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The first of 99 redluftballoons?
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YouBet said:

JohnLA762 said:

Can't wait for the administrations comments on this:


Awesome.

Apparently we shut down an airport over this so let's go ahead and impact every day Americans because we don't think it's worth it to shoot down a spy balloon in our air space.

This administration just sucks. You shoot this down to send a message that incursions like this won't be tolerated.
This same type of balloon has been spotted during previous administrations too. And they did NOT shoot them down. The Military Generals advised to not take any action. So to say "this administration" is short sighted.
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frenchtoast
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Didn't the Goo Goo Dolls have a song about this?
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Geddy Lee soul patch said:

Why are the Chinese sending a balloon to do a satellite's job?
Maybe they are nothing but a paper tiger.
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agent-maroon said:

MouthBQ98 said:

Civilian casualties from a balloon falling? Wait until
It drifts over nowhere and hit the balloon with enough to drop it and capture the electronics as intact as possible.

It's over Montana. How much closer to nowhere are you going to find?
Uh Montana and ND are where most of our Minuteman three ICBM's are located.
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IIRC these sorts of balloons were also used in the Cold War by the US and the Soviet Union.
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ttu_85 said:

agent-maroon said:

MouthBQ98 said:

Civilian casualties from a balloon falling? Wait until
It drifts over nowhere and hit the balloon with enough to drop it and capture the electronics as intact as possible.

It's over Montana. How much closer to nowhere are you going to find?
Uh Montana and ND are where most of our Minuteman three ICBM's are located.
Which are easily visible on Google Earth and the Chinese likely have even better pictures from their satellites so if all it is doing is taking pictures, it's not really doing anything special.
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Old Army has gone to hell.
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Rapier108 said:

ttu_85 said:

agent-maroon said:

MouthBQ98 said:

Civilian casualties from a balloon falling? Wait until
It drifts over nowhere and hit the balloon with enough to drop it and capture the electronics as intact as possible.

It's over Montana. How much closer to nowhere are you going to find?
Uh Montana and ND are where most of our Minuteman three ICBM's are located.
Which are easily visible on Google Earth and the Chinese likely have even better pictures from their satellites so if all it is doing is taking pictures, it's not really doing anything special.
Like I said above maybe China is not half as badass as they claim to be.
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One communist country checking out another communist government.
 
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