[RICH1]

Launched from China and we noticed them over Montana!
Dry run? Embarrassing

[manaboutown]

Chinese spy balloon flying over the United States, Pentagon says | Reuters

Seems to me a couple of bullets from a jet fighter could have deflated the balloon.

[Davonu]

Originally Posted by RICH1

Launched from China and we noticed them over Montana!
Dry run? Embarrassing

Do you really think the feds announce things like that immediately upon discovery? I don’t think so.

[Taltarzac725]

Probably looking for land to buy around Yellowstone.

[Two Bills]

According to BBC report this morning, the balloon was tracked all the way from when it entered through Alaska, over Canada and into US.
Fighter jets were aloft in case it was required to be shot down.
The powers to be did not order it destroyed in case debris caused injury to people on ground.
Any information it gathered, was readily available via all the spy satellites already circling.
My theory is that Chinese were filming a sequel of "Around the world in 80 Days!"

[ureout]

it will be at the polo fields today.. part of the baloon fest

[Altavia]

They may be giving North Korea ideas...

[retiredguy123]

I don't get it. Can't they see the same things from satellite cameras?

[RICH1]

Where is the balloon now?

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by RICH1

Launched from China and we noticed them over Montana!
Dry run? Embarrassing

Japan tried that in WW II. Not surveillance balloons but balloons with bombs attached. They launched 9,000 of them, presumably as reprisal for Doolittle's raid on Tokyo in 1942, and with very poor results considering the number launched. A lot of them never reached the mainland, though one got as far as Michigan. They caused a few fires, and some picnickers were killed in, I believe Oregon, when they found one and tried to pull it out of the woods.

Seems like a rather primitive way to gather intelligence on the part of China. Once launched those things go where the wind decides they should. I'm pretty sure China has a lot more reliable means of gathering data than with random balloons.

[Get real]

Originally Posted by RICH1

Where is the ballon now?

Over The Villages....live feed to the developer.

[RICH1]

Originally Posted by Get real

Over The Villages....live feed to the developer.

Replaced the Ladies with clipboards

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by B-flat

Joke all you want but this is serious. The current administration is in bed with the Chinese. Hold on to your shorts we're in serious trouble. The problem is people are to apathetic. Better pray for your children and grand children. The elites want total control over us.

Two words.

"Thought Police".

[Keefelane66]

Originally Posted by B-flat

Joke all you want but this is serious. The current administration is in bed with the Chinese. Hold on to your shorts we're in serious trouble. The problem is people are to apathetic. Better pray for your children and grand children. The elites want total control over us.

The last administration obtained how many patents from China and actually had personal bank accounts there

[Tvflguy]

Originally Posted by B-flat

Joke all you want but this is serious. The current administration is in bed with the Chinese. Hold on to your shorts we're in serious trouble. The problem is people are to apathetic. Better pray for your children and grand children. The elites want total control over us.

Totally agree. A feckless “response” by USA. How dare we simply allow China to do this? Now I hear there is one entering Canadian airspace.

What if this craft is releasing a variant of Covid or worse. Countless what if’s. Even if it’s simply a spy craft- why simply allow it to be up there???

What if WE released something like this into China???

The inaction speaks volumes, I’m embarrassed as a USA citizen.