Pentagon tracking suspected Chinese spy balloon over the US

[Stranagor]

The Chinese government said the downing of the “civilian” aircraft was an “excessive reaction,” and that it “retains the right to respond further.”

U.S. Shoots Down Surveillance Balloon: China Condemns U.S. Decision to Shoot Down Spy Balloon

The Chinese government said the downing of the “civilian” aircraft was an “excessive reaction,” and that it “retains the right to respond further.”

www.nytimes.com

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Quite a thick skin...

 

[VCheng]

yeah, whatever you say......


Again, if the pentagon wanted to play dumb and silence, they will go with the "We cannot confirm nor denied route" and don't forget it was the Pentagon that said almost immediately after that news broke on the fact that what people saw in Montana is a Chinese Spy Balloon. Which mean they know, and they were tracking it. Which is what the "fuss" part is about. If they want to lie, they can even say this is our own balloon, nobody would be wiser...

As I said, Biden was briefed some time before, most likely immediate or after the balloon visited Aleutian Island, which mean they know, they didn't shoot it down and kept quiet then., they could have and would have done that. They didn't, that suggested they are going to make a big fuzz about it.

In other news, lots of fortune cookies are washing up on beaches in the Carolinas.

 

[Stranagor]

You mean the US will go

That's okay, America can cry all it wants, China doesn't care. But I do, I do care, so I want to offer America this

The Party indignantly protested the downing of the balloon, actually.

U.S. Shoots Down Surveillance Balloon: China Condemns U.S. Decision to Shoot Down Spy Balloon

The Chinese government said the downing of the “civilian” aircraft was an “excessive reaction,” and that it “retains the right to respond further.”

www.nytimes.com

 

[onebyone]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1621994379148939265

 

[DabbuSardar]

In other news, lots of fortune cookies are washing up on beaches in the Carolinas.

Couldnt have washed up on land could it, water and earth...

The Party indignantly protested the downing of the balloon, actually.

U.S. Shoots Down Surveillance Balloon: China Condemns U.S. Decision to Shoot Down Spy Balloon

The Chinese government said the downing of the “civilian” aircraft was an “excessive reaction,” and that it “retains the right to respond further.”

www.nytimes.com

The party made a stunt to distract its internal audience from the economy and covid fiasco, mission accomplished!!

 

[Stranagor]

But the Pentagon assesses that the balloon was just the latest in a string of Chinese spy balloon activity spanning the globe. On Friday, it said another Chinese balloon was currently flying over Latin America.

"Over the past several years, Chinese balloons have previously been spotted over countries across five continents, including in East Asia, South Asia and Europe," the senior defense official said.

US shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon with a single missile

U.S. military fighter aircraft shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it floated off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday, drawing to a close a dramatic saga that shone a spotlight on worsening Sino-U.S. relations.

m.koreatimes.co.kr

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Couldnt have washed up on land could it, water and earth...


The party made a stunt to distract its internal audience from the economy and covid fiasco, mission accomplished!!

One wonders what's going to be done with the second "stray" balloon now flying somewhere in South America.

One can argue that many a country will be more attentive to such potential heedless balloons in their air spaces.

 

[DabbuSardar]

But the Pentagon assesses that the balloon was just the latest in a string of Chinese spy balloon activity spanning the globe. On Friday, it said another Chinese balloon was currently flying over Latin America.

"Over the past several years, Chinese balloons have previously been spotted over countries across five continents, including in East Asia, South Asia and Europe," the senior defense official said.

US shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon with a single missile

U.S. military fighter aircraft shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it floated off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday, drawing to a close a dramatic saga that shone a spotlight on worsening Sino-U.S. relations.

m.koreatimes.co.kr

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One wonders what's going to be done with the second "stray" balloon now flying somewhere in South America.

One can argue that many a country will be more attentive to such potential heedless balloons in their air spaces.

Regarding being attentive, gonna post this again...

 

[Stranagor]

Regarding being attentive, gonna post this again...

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Aside from spying concerns which may be real or presumed, what's also troublesome is if such malfunction would lead to a drop in attitude to such heights utilized by civilian airliners.

This, spying or weather observation, such activities must be carried out by competent people, institutions and countries. In the hands of incompetent actors, even such innocent acts as weather observation could become lethal.

 

[DabbuSardar]

Aside from spying concerns which may be real or presumed, what's also troublesome is if such malfunction would lead to a drop in attitude to such heights utilized by civilian airliners.

This, spying or weather observation, such activities must be carried out by competent people, institutions and countries. In the hands of incompetent actors, even such innocent acts as weather observation could become lethal.

The Party does not care about such trivial stuff like civilian airliners and civilian lives, please head over to some sina weibo forums to hear some thunderous applauses about how the party surpassed the USSR today, using hyper baloon technology humbling their erstwhile white masters

 

[ZeEa5KPul]

The Party indignantly protested the downing of the balloon, actually.

U.S. Shoots Down Surveillance Balloon: China Condemns U.S. Decision to Shoot Down Spy Balloon

The Chinese government said the downing of the “civilian” aircraft was an “excessive reaction,” and that it “retains the right to respond further.”

www.nytimes.com

It's such a shame. Not whatever the Chinese government did, but what happened to you. You used to be a decent poster until recently - did you suffer a severe head injury or something?

 

[beijingwalker]

US research ballons traveled over China several times in the past,
Last october they flew over Beijing, China's capital, twice.

验证码_哔哩哔哩

 

[etylo]

It's such a shame. Not whatever the Chinese government did, but what happened to you. You used to be a decent poster until recently - did you suffer a severe head injury or something?

His skin is far thicker than the gov Chinese gov, typical white.

 

[beijingwalker]

It's a dangerous precedent, a big blow to the joint global meteorological research in this fast climate change time

 

[大汉奸柳传志]

First ever F-22 air-air kill

civilian target doesn't count

 

[jhungary]

In other news, lots of fortune cookies are washing up on beaches in the Carolinas.

I would much rather a lot of fake Rolex washed up on the shore.......