Miscellaneous News

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with Kriegminister and Benzinekanister and so on and so forth...

...I regret nothing by posting this...

 

[Biscuits]

Wow they went 100% crazy over a dam balloon
I should inform president Xi stop building those satellites, spam the world with balloons as like they do with Starlink in space.

They're unironically going to do it when war breaks out. Balloons go high enough that they can't be easily shot down, they're cheaper than satellites and can provide similar ISR.

Why there's a solitary balloon over US right now I have no clue. Perhaps its as simple as just trolling to see US responses.

Funnily enough, if you consider coping arguments from Japan that missiles which go over Japanese airspace through near space did not actually violate Japanese airspace, then the balloon is not entering US airspace either.

 

[Biscuits]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1621315202674462720

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KC-10, two F-22 and three damn RC-135 circling this balloon!

Waiting for the balloon to pop and this coming out of it:

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

lmao whole US Government is mobilised for one balloon. We should fly a balloon overhead when he comes to Taiwan

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1621311735914266626

China should just make high-altitude loitering balloons in the shape of the H-20 stealth bomber and send them over to CONUS for added effect.

 

[BlackWindMnt]

Doesn't the US have like laser weapons why not test one on the balloon

 

[baykalov]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1621376987955879936

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1621465321214181376

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1621431014500229121

 

[BlackWindMnt]

Xi probably saw the movie "Don't look up" and thought he could get away with it..

 

[Overbom]

I missed this news yesterday

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US, Philippines Agree to Resume Joint South China Sea Patrols​

The US and the Philippines have agreed to resume joint patrols in the South China Sea amid lingering tensions with China in the disputed waters.

The decision was reached during Thursday’s meeting between US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Philippine counterpart, Carlito Galvez, where they also exchanged views “on shared regional security challenges in the Indo-Pacific

In 2016, the Philippines under then-President Rodrigo Duterte halted joint patrols with the US in the South China Sea, saying the Southeast Asian country needed to reassess its relationship with the US. The current leader, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has sought to boost the two nations’ longstanding alliance, while the US under President Joe Biden has repeated commitments to defend the Philippines in the contested sea.

 

[BlackWindMnt]

Well looks like we can expect a lot more lost Filipino fisher man getting in contact with Chinese navy.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Who knew one balloon could cause so much butthurt... There are probably Chinese SAR satellites with clear enough resolutions to take videos of bedroom (or lack of) activities in DC but a stupid balloon triggers them like this? I don't get it.