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I think the fact it got to where it did is a major worry, knowing how the US react to anything threatening their airspace especially a foreign (Chinese) one, must have been in the air a while to get “blown off course” that far……..made me chuckle when I read it though.
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Chinese spy balloon on 18:21 - Feb 3 with 2876 views
Much closer to the ground and slower-moving, so potentially higher resolution photography or better reception of radio/radar signals. Satellites follow predictable routes and schedules, so stuff can be hidden or turned off when they're known to be overhead. Balloons just lurk and are not that easy to detect at high altitude.
I think the fact it got to where it did is a major worry, knowing how the US react to anything threatening their airspace especially a foreign (Chinese) one, must have been in the air a while to get “blown off course” that far……..made me chuckle when I read it though.
The jet stream?
"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Much closer to the ground and slower-moving, so potentially higher resolution photography or better reception of radio/radar signals. Satellites follow predictable routes and schedules, so stuff can be hidden or turned off when they're known to be overhead. Balloons just lurk and are not that easy to detect at high altitude.
There was a suggestion it could have listening capabilities being lower to the ground so it could record conversation etc
Alcohol is the answer but I can't remember the question!
I think the fact it got to where it did is a major worry, knowing how the US react to anything threatening their airspace especially a foreign (Chinese) one, must have been in the air a while to get “blown off course” that far……..made me chuckle when I read it though.
They were tracking it from before it got over Alaska so in reality they could have chosen a place without many people to have shot it down much earlier.
SB
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Chinese spy balloon on 10:11 - Feb 4 with 2219 views
Chinese spy balloon on 08:55 - Feb 4 by StokieBlue
They were tracking it from before it got over Alaska so in reality they could have chosen a place without many people to have shot it down much earlier.
SB
Perhaps even the gung-ho Yanks are wary of starting a war with China?
Chinese spy balloon on 08:55 - Feb 4 by StokieBlue
They were tracking it from before it got over Alaska so in reality they could have chosen a place without many people to have shot it down much earlier.
SB
Montana has some big open spaces too.
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Chinese spy balloon on 14:49 - Feb 4 with 1964 views
Chinese spy balloon on 08:55 - Feb 4 by StokieBlue
They were tracking it from before it got over Alaska so in reality they could have chosen a place without many people to have shot it down much earlier.
SB
They could have shot it down as soon as it entered US airspace. It was their right to do so - China would have no grounds to complain as they would do the same. They chose to let it fly so they could let the indignant US news media condemn the Chinese. It will take a while to fly all the way across the US so it'll be at least 2 days of chinese-hating. They'll shoot it down just as it's about to leave US airspace and give the nation an excuse to chant USA-USA-USA-....ad nauseum.
Don't believe a word I say. I'm only kidding. Or am I?
They could have shot it down as soon as it entered US airspace. It was their right to do so - China would have no grounds to complain as they would do the same. They chose to let it fly so they could let the indignant US news media condemn the Chinese. It will take a while to fly all the way across the US so it'll be at least 2 days of chinese-hating. They'll shoot it down just as it's about to leave US airspace and give the nation an excuse to chant USA-USA-USA-....ad nauseum.
Shot down now, think this might be footage.
Ok, so here’s what I just caught I few minutes ago out my window. I saw a jet go by so fast and then explosion in the sky. Holy crap! Billings MT. pic.twitter.com/swr8ERC6pf
They could have shot it down as soon as it entered US airspace. It was their right to do so - China would have no grounds to complain as they would do the same. They chose to let it fly so they could let the indignant US news media condemn the Chinese. It will take a while to fly all the way across the US so it'll be at least 2 days of chinese-hating. They'll shoot it down just as it's about to leave US airspace and give the nation an excuse to chant USA-USA-USA-....ad nauseum.
Perhaps the US does not possess enough guns to shoot it down.....
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Chinese spy balloon on 17:26 - Feb 5 with 1635 views
They could have shot it down as soon as it entered US airspace. It was their right to do so - China would have no grounds to complain as they would do the same. They chose to let it fly so they could let the indignant US news media condemn the Chinese. It will take a while to fly all the way across the US so it'll be at least 2 days of chinese-hating. They'll shoot it down just as it's about to leave US airspace and give the nation an excuse to chant USA-USA-USA-....ad nauseum.
As if we don't have enough on our hands with conflict against Russia, it does strike me as odd that the West almost appears keen to provoke conflict with China.
There also seems to be an element of paranoia creeping in, with a Tory MP calling today for people to delete the Tik Tok app to protect their personal data.
Of course, China's record on human rights is poor butt so is the record of so many other countries, and the increasing move to distance the West from China in terms of trade, at a time when we could benefit from China's revival, is also puzzling.
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