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Yeah….there is that. 😕At least we are safe from mean tweets.
And the biggest existential threat on the planet - white supremacy and privilege.At least we are safe from mean tweets.
“Not show our capabilities”. So you mean just run a vanilla offense?I actually agree that we should be careful shooting this down.
Chinese spy satellites can see everything that this balloon can see. So why float it over the heartland at 100k feet?
I doubt the "dangerous pathogens" narrative as that could easily be an act of war as well as a war crime. Much more likely imho, (humble stressed in this case) is that it's designed to measure our response and our capabilities to engage a threat at that altitude.
Better to monitor it, learn more about it and not show our capabilities. Of course this admin blew that by looking confused and incapable. If they had merely come out confidently as said, "We've known about it and are gaining Intel on it as we speak. If we felt it necessary, we would have shot it down upon discovery but we don't believe it's necessary or in our national interests to provide Beijing with a display of our capabilities."
Frame it that way and we look capable and in charge while the CCP looks ridiculous for using 85 year old spy technology.
Make a huge slingshot, which is as basic as it comes. Shoot Biden at the balloon. Gravity eventually wins.I actually agree that we should be careful shooting this down.
Chinese spy satellites can see everything that this balloon can see. So why float it over the heartland at 100k feet?
I doubt the "dangerous pathogens" narrative as that could easily be an act of war as well as a war crime. Much more likely imho, (humble stressed in this case) is that it's designed to measure our response and our capabilities to engage a threat at that altitude.
Better to monitor it, learn more about it and not show our capabilities. Of course this admin blew that by looking confused and incapable. If they had merely come out confidently as said, "We've known about it and are gaining Intel on it as we speak. If we felt it necessary, we would have shot it down upon discovery but we don't believe it's necessary or in our national interests to provide Beijing with a display of our capabilities."
Frame it that way and we look capable and in charge while the CCP looks ridiculous for using 85 year old spy technology.
“Not show our capabilities”. So you mean just run a vanilla offense?
We should get revenge on those fvcking assholes. Make our own balloon and equip it with the best speakers we can. Have Camel Toe's laugh playing on a constant loop and float that fvcking thing right over their polluted shitty country. They'll all kill themselves and we win a war without firing a shot. I'll even contribute to the statue of Biden, especially if his administration is tied to it and it's dropped in the ocean.No, I mean bluff if we have to.
Shooting down a balloon at that altitude is difficult for many reasons.
1. Not many weapons have the reach
2. The weapons that do tend to not be effective vs a balloon. A balloon appears as chaffe, or a decoy, and missiles are designed to avoid them. Also, the air is thin at that altitude so those missiles aren't very maneuverable.
3. If we can shoot it down and we do, we merely show them how we would.
4. If we attempt to and fail, it emboldens the Chinese and embarrasses the US.
Best guess...this is China deciding if they could float hundreds of EMP's into our airspace in a possible future war to see how and if we could defend ourselves from it. I think the answer is, as of now, we cannot.
We should get revenge on those fvcking assholes. Make our own balloon and equip it with the best speakers we can. Have Camel Toe's laugh playing on a constant loop and float that fvcking thing right over their polluted shitty country. They'll all kill themselves and we win a war without firing a shot. I'll even contribute to the statue of Biden, especially if his administration is tied to it and it's dropped in the ocean.
No, I mean bluff if we have to.
Shooting down a balloon at that altitude is difficult for many reasons.
1. Not many weapons have the reach
2. The weapons that do tend to not be effective vs a balloon. A balloon appears as chaffe, or a decoy, and missiles are designed to avoid them. Also, the air is thin at that altitude so those missiles aren't very maneuverable.
3. If we can shoot it down and we do, we merely show them how we would.
4. If we attempt to and fail, it emboldens the Chinese and embarrasses the US.
Best guess...this is China deciding if they could float hundreds of EMP's into our airspace in a possible future war to see how and if we could defend ourselves from it. I think the answer is, as of now, we cannot.
“Not show our capabilities”. So you mean just run a vanilla offense?
That balloon is over the Charlotte area right now, and my son and I can see it. That pisses me off even more now.
None, but my neighbors know what my ass looks like since I've been mooning the balloon.Be honest...how many bottle rockets have you launched?
None, but my neighbors know what my ass looks like since I've been mooning the balloon.
That's my story, and I'm sticking with it.Sure...that's why your neighbors know what your ass looks like. 🙄
They have the advantage of not giving a fvck. They’d shoot it down immediately regardless of where it was.We should get revenge on those fvcking assholes. Make our own balloon and equip it with the best speakers we can. Have Camel Toe's laugh playing on a constant loop and float that fvcking thing right over their polluted shitty country. They'll all kill themselves and we win a war without firing a shot. I'll even contribute to the statue of Biden, especially if his administration is tied to it and it's dropped in the ocean.
Yikes! That has the makings of an international relations crisis.None, but my neighbors know what my ass looks like since I've been mooning the balloon.
You are stupid. So uninformed like most who live exclusively in the cult news bubble.
You are stupid. So uninformed like most who live exclusively in the cult news bubble.
That is all.
Tell me in your opinion what is the security risk of a spy balloon? Then I’ll respond to your ignorance.Your dementia ridden president just lets it float by
Nice work
Dumbass
Tell me in your opinion what is the security risk of a spy balloon? Then I’ll respond to your ignorance.
Tell me in your opinion what is the security risk of a spy balloon? Then I’ll respond to your ignorance.
Biden will take credit for shooting it down… after it crossed the whole US. 😆If we needed to shoot it down over water, why didn’t we do it over the North Pacific? Our feckless government knew it was there when it crossed over parts of Alaska.
2500 miles of unimpeded surveillance. Absolutely mind blowingBiden will take credit for shooting it down… after it crossed the whole US. 😆
Those libs are something else.
If there’s no risk why us it called a spy balloon?Tell me in your opinion what is the security risk of a spy balloon? Then I’ll respond to your ignorance.
Question: What other nation would allow the US to do this? Would Russia? Would China?Tell me in your opinion what is the security risk of a spy balloon? Then I’ll respond to your ignorance.
If the US wanted to float a balloon over another country, who would stop us? They can shoot it down, they can complain “strenuously”….. but that’s about it…. We are a fight nobody wantsQuestion: What other nation would allow the US to do this? Would Russia? Would China?
Good points. Since Gator won't answer anyway, I'll go ahead and answer my own question. I'm confident that Russia or China would knock ours out of the sky. Meanwhile ice cream Joe fvcked around until it was over the Atlantic before doing anything. I'm sure at the behest of our overlords in Beijing.If the US wanted to float a balloon over another country, who would stop us? They can shoot it down, they can complain “strenuously”….. but that’s about it…. We are a fight nobody wants
Russia is collapsing as a world power as their entire system of graft and laziness has shown they’re a paper bear. Europe has no central vision or collective set of balls ….. it’s really down to China and the US for real powers. I don’t blame China for doing this, I blame Biden for looking so weak
About it early
Biden had to do something, the spot polls said Americans generally were outraged…..Good points. Since Gator won't answer anyway, I'll go ahead and answer my own question. I'm confident that Russia or China would knock ours out of the sky. Meanwhile ice cream Joe fvcked around until it was over the Atlantic before doing anything. I'm sure at the behest of our overlords in Beijing.
exactlyBiden had to do something, the spot polls said Americans generally were outraged…..
But I bet he apologized in the back channels
Biden will take credit for shooting it down… after it crossed the whole US. 😆
Those libs are something else.
Define allowed?Balloon?
So the ChiComs are allowed to float a freaking balloon over our air space….. we’re such 🐱’s