Pentagon Tracking Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Over the US

[foszoe]

So this stuff I am reading today about balloons and Trump. Propaganda?

If real, I'd like to know why Trump didn't authorize a shoot down

 

[foszoe]

What about high resolution imaging? To prevent that you would need to prevent the balloon from communicating with a satellite

I figured they were jamming it

 

[rhamersley]

U.S. Shoots Down Spy Balloon As It Was Getting Too Close To Ukraine

U.S. — The Pentagon officially went ahead with their plan to shoot down the Chinese spy balloon as it was getting too close to Ukraine's borders, sources confirmed Saturday.

babylonbee.com

 

[Ingomike]

So this stuff I am reading today about balloons and Trump. Propaganda?

If real, I'd like to know why Trump didn't authorize a shoot down

Because it is propaganda…

 

[Leadeye]

Somebody got 50 high level guys to lie about Russian collusion, how hard could it be to cook up a story about a balloon?

 

[SEIndSAM]

 

[HoughMade]

Any intel on the other balloon that was over South America?

Why? It's tough to attack Biden over that, so no frenzy needed.

 

[jamil]

So this stuff I am reading today about balloons and Trump. Propaganda?

If real, I'd like to know why Trump didn't authorize a shoot down

The news I heard was it happened 3 times in Trump’s term, and one other time in Biden’s term. But in all 4 previous instances, it was over US territory briefly. I don’t think that’s a big story anyone should be too excited about.

But, letting this one go through a big swath of the continental US, is a big enough story. TPTB tell us that it was harmless. But also TPTB spent their credibility allotment on COVID, weaponizing government against political opponents, colluding with big tech to silence disagreement. It’s too bad. I don’t believe them.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Somebody got 50 high level guys to lie about Russian collusion, how hard could it be to cook up a story about a balloon?

These days, this should be our default position.

 

[yotehunt]

Hope its not a double post.

 

[Sylvain]

Why? It's tough to attack Biden over that, so no frenzy needed.

Just curious what they could be spying on over there.

I get flying a balloon over a US Air Force base in Montana but I'm curious what could be targeted over South America.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Just curious what they could be spying on over there.

I get flying a balloon over a US Air Force base in Montana but I'm curious what could be targeted over South America.

They might be wanting to keep an eye on their investments.

 

[Sylvain]

They might be wanting to keep an eye on their investments.

Maybe it drifted away and was meant to go somewhere else.

I did a quick search and can't find where it was other than "Latin America". No mention of a specific country.
It could mean anything from Mexico right on the US border, all the way to Argentina.

 

[Route 45]

Just curious what they could be spying on over there.

I get flying a balloon over a US Air Force base in Montana but I'm curious what could be targeted over South America.

Who says that the balloon over South America is a spy balloon? If I was going to release a balloon to spy on a nation and claim that it is a weather balloon, it would make sense to release a few more to other parts of the globe to create doubt and a narrative.

 

[oze]

Maybe it drifted away and was meant to go somewhere else.

I did a quick search and can't find where it was other than "Latin America". No mention of a specific country.
It could mean anything from Mexico right on the US border, all the way to Argentina.

Looks like it flew through Columbian air space, at least.

Colombia releases details about second Chinese spy balloon

The Colombian Air Force has released additional information about another high-altitude Chinese spy balloon, seen hovering over parts of Latin America.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Tombs]

What about high resolution imaging? To prevent that you would need to prevent the balloon from communicating with a satellite

You put stuff in a hangar that you don't want to be seen. There's a counter for almost every means you can think of, but a lot of the details of these things are classified for obvious reasons.

It's an arms race not unlike any other.

 

[Tombs]

Just curious what they could be spying on over there.

I get flying a balloon over a US Air Force base in Montana but I'm curious what could be targeted over South America.

I was told that the most likely thing was trying to get a baseline for radio communications, so if it seems there's mobilization or heightened activity, they have advanced notice.

 

[HoughMade]

Looks like it flew through Columbian air space, at least.

Colombia releases details about second Chinese spy balloon

The Colombian Air Force has released additional information about another high-altitude Chinese spy balloon, seen hovering over parts of Latin America.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Thanks for posting.

First, the term "hovering" was used a few times...I'm not sure the author know what "hovering" means.

Second, Columbia says that they did not see it as a national security issue, so they didn't shoot it down. I'm sure that having less than 20 aircraft that could even theoretically reach it which are set up mainly as attack aircraft had nothing to do with it.

 

[hooky]

First, the term "hovering" was used a few times...I'm not sure the author know what "hovering" means.

I thought the same thing, but read somewhere that it could affect it's altitude and get into different air streams in to order change direction.

 

[Mgderf]

I'm hearing reports now that this balloon shot down by the U.S. was laden with explosives.
Chinese claim it was for self-destruction.
I doubt seriously if we know even half of the truth, and we very well may never learn anything more