Miscellaneous News

[baykalov]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1621556201723990018

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1621557803000238080

 

[Lethe]

Beijing should issue a public statement saying that it has no objection to the USA shooting down its weather balloon.

It would be entertaining to watch the American talking heads on TV try and work their way through that one.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

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Oh, so it did fly through Canadian airspace too. This floaty boy basically strolled straight down the middle of NORAD's patch and no one noticed.

Guys, with this level of livid-ness by the American side, I have figured (and can confidently proclaim) that China should change its nuclear deterrence policy from practicing nuclear triad to practicing NUCLEAR QUAD:

1. Air-based: Strategic bombers, i.e. nuclear bombs/missiles carried by H-6, H-20;
2. Land-based: ICBMs, i.e. DF-5, DF-31AG, DF-41 on TELs;
3. Sea-based: SLBMs, i.e. JL-2A, JL-3 on 094, 096; and
4. Near-space-based: High-altitude loitering weather balloons fitted with nuclear warheads

 

[coolgod]

I'm pretty sure soon we'll hear about General Mi Li giving his Chinese counterpart a call (to assure this balloon hysteria is just a political stunt and please don't shoot down our spy planes).

 

[Temstar]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1621531997125451778

Oh man, now Rubio is saying it's capable of maneuvering and filled with sensor package.

 

[luosifen]

I wonder what Patchwork's thoughts are about this whole incident.

 

[siegecrossbow]

I wonder what Patchwork's thoughts are about this whole incident.

Laughing his butt off at the hysterics.

 

[Peas]

It shows how manipulated the average American is.

The president of Russia directly threatens America with nuclear weapons, it is deliberately played down by the media - despite the DEFCON level being briefly raised to the highest level in history.

A stray weather balloon happens to drift over American territory, we get non-stop coverage with the implication China is intent to start WW3.

Russia nuclear weapons were just aimed at USA
The balloon is wandering above the USA

 

[escobar]

A Chinese balloon has never been over the middle of the country before. The only other time a Chinese balloon has flown over the continental U.S. was during a brief overflight of Florida. There have been overflights of Hawaii and Guam. In previous instances, the Chinese have been able to recover the balloon

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[Fedupwithlies]

It seems most of the internet comments even on the fringe sites like breitbart is bashing the pentagon or biden lol

Where do these ballons eventually go? Are they normally floated out and crashed into the ocean?

Yes. Or recovered on the ground if possible. You get them from all over. Even in Canada you get them from China, Russia, ect. Just mail back the data recorder, it's usually just a university project or climate research.