Pentagon tracking suspected Chinese spy balloon over the US

[ZeEa5KPul]

With each day that passes, I become more convinced that the US is becoming India. Everything the US has done during its hilarious balloon tantrum is exactly what India would have done. The only difference is that India would have shot down a bunch of its own assets trying to shoot down the balloon, so the US does still maintain a modicum of military competence.

 

[aziqbal]

Chinese ballon has been popped

 

[Yellow13]

the US does still maintain a modicum of military competence.

so the most powerful military in human history just has a "modicum of military competence". Good one

 

[FuturePAF]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1621962160350838788

It’s actually an historic day. First ever F-22 air-air kill

Finally tax money paying off. The Air Force song should be sung when the F-22s land at the air base.

Clear shot of the shoot down

https://twitter.com/x/status/1621987253529595906

 

[epebble]

Now the Balloon is down, shitshow start now.

I think PRC will just keep quiet. They already said it was a weather balloon that malfunctioned. It will be hard to argue why did you bring down our junk?

 

[flowerfan2020]

I think PRC will just keep quiet. They already said it was a weather balloon that malfunctioned. It will be hard to argue why did you bring down our junk?

So China will also has excuse to bring down any American junk that fly over Chinese territory in the future.

 

[ZeEa5KPul]

so the most powerful military in human history just has a "modicum of military competence". Good one

What's a real good one is the fact that there are people who still buy American propaganda. The American military was once the most powerful. It's a lot like Arnie - very impressive back in the day, but these days...

 

[epebble]

So China will also has excuse to bring down any American junk that fly over Chinese territory in the future.

Most certainly. If U.S. flies some balloon and it malfunctions and goes astray, PRC's military will be derelict if it is not brought down safely before it falls on some crowded place.

 

[jhungary]

I think PRC will just keep quiet. They already said it was a weather balloon that malfunctioned. It will be hard to argue why did you bring down our junk?

For starter, no one believe it was a weather balloon, people in the Pentagon knows what kind of balloon is that, they have record, they just don't tell people about it. And now they can salvage the balloon, so they are most likely going to parade that.

Second, under international law, the US can literally charge the Chinese government the cost to take care of their "Weather" balloon. So we are going to be most likely seeing that, I can't see how the US government is going to foot that bill.

And finally, the intrusion of US Air Space is going to be addressed, it cannot just be "Oh, it went beyond our control" and the US won't talk about it.

Hence as I said, the shit show is probably just beginning.

 

[epebble]

For starter, no one believe it was a weather balloon, people in the Pentagon knows what kind of balloon is that, they have record, they just don't tell people about it. And now they can salvage the balloon, so they are most likely going to parade that.

Second, under international law, the US can literally charge the Chinese government the cost to take care of their "Weather" balloon. So we are going to be most likely seeing that, I can't see how the US government is going to foot that bill.

And finally, the intrusion of US Air Space is going to be addressed, it cannot just be "Oh, it went beyond our control" and the US won't talk about it.

Hence as I said, the shit show is probably just beginning.

I am betting that there will be less fuss. Pentagon will get the hardware to evaluate its capabilities and keep quiet. No one will be billed anything. The cost of this balloon operation is likely less than 1 part per million of DoD budget. It is like me billing you for a spoon of sugar.

 

[ZeEa5KPul]

Hence as I said, the shit show is probably just beginning.

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

 

[jhungary]

I am betting that there will be less fuss. Pentagon will get the hardware to evaluate its capabilities and keep quiet. No one will be billed anything. The cost of this balloon operation is likely less than 1 part per million of DoD budget. It is like me billing you for a spoon of sugar.

Well, it's NOT going to be quiet.,

If the DoD want this to be quiet, they would not make a fuzz about it. They will just shoot it down. Remember, Biden was briefed on the Balloon on Wednesday (probably earlier) and we all know since late Thursday, if the Pentagon people is going to keep quiet about it, they will just shoot it down on Wednesday before it went get into US airspace and nobody would have known.

Again, they are making this out to be a big deal for a reason. For what? i don't know, I have some thought about it, but it would be just an estimation, on the other hand. sincerely doubt they would keep quiet about it, agian, if they want to do that, they could have, it didn't have to drag on for 3 days..

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

like your mom about to spank you, am i rite?

 

[ZeEa5KPul]

Remember, Biden was briefed on the Balloon on Wednesday (probably earlier) and we all know since late Thursday

they didn't detect sh*t. They knew about it when some guy in Nowhere, Montana spotted it hovering over your little missile base (seriously, the Minuteman III is such trash, get something better if you can figure out how) and posted pictures.

like your mom about to spank you, am i rite?

It's okay, America. Show me on the doll where China touched you.

 

[epebble]

Well, it's NOT going to be quiet.,

If the DoD want this to be quiet, they would not make a fuzz about it. They will just shoot it down. Remember, Biden was briefed on the Balloon on Wednesday (probably earlier) and we all know since late Thursday, if the Pentagon people is going to keep quiet about it, they will just shoot it down on Wednesday before it went get into US airspace and nobody would have known.

Again, they are making this out to be a big deal for a reason. For what? i don't know, but I sincerely doubt they would keep quiet about it.

The story is that it was all hush hush till a guy in Montana looked up and thought he saw a strange 'star' and called a reporter. That guy brought a zoom lens camera and figured it is no star. That is how it was outed and they had to make a lemonade out of lemon somehow.

Billings Gazette photos play role in White House response to China’s spy balloon

The White House wanted to keep the balloon secret fearing it would sabotage Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s planned diplomatic trip to China.

billingsgazette.com

 

[jhungary]

they didn't detect sh*t. They knew about it when some guy in Nowhere, Montana spotted it hovering over your little missile base (seriously, the Minuteman III is such trash, get something better if you can figure out how) and posted pictures.

It's okay, America. Show me on the doll where China touched you.

yeah, whatever you say......

The story is that it was all hush hush till a guy in Montana looked up and thought he saw a strange 'star' and called a reporter. That guy brought a zoom lens camera and figured it is no star. That is how it was outed and they had to make a lemonade out of lemon somehow.

Billings Gazette photos play role in White House response to China’s spy balloon

The White House wanted to keep the balloon secret fearing it would sabotage Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s planned diplomatic trip to China.

billingsgazette.com

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.