Quote:
Originally Posted by DAVES
Endless OPINION in the press. How do we KNOW it is Chinese? How do we know it is a SPY balloon? We regularly spy. Remember the Cuban Missal crisis the evidence was SPY photos.
That was 50 years ago. Our photos etc are far better.
If, spying it is interesting to use a balloon. It is large, relative to the payload and it is slow.
Our press has claimed it is controlled as it dropped in altitude. If, is was controlled, would the controller not have a destruct control?
Shot it down with a missal? We perhaps needed a dramatic end. Bullets into the bag would have brought it down slowly and we could have recovered it.
|
Ah… the Chinese admitted it was their “weather” balloon, it was established it was being controlled and perhaps a “ missile” was used because the balloon was higher than fighter jets fly.