Chinese Spy Balloon

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Chinese Spy Balloon:

They got a close up.

[89th]

Yeah totally an accidental weather balloon.

[89th]

And nuclear sites of interest:

[Rainman]

I've seen some of those missile sites, there is nothing to see, at least for the Titan III that are all underground.
And if there were something to see, it's been seen decades ago. Matter of fact, I think there have been several forum members that have toured Davis-Monthan as well as tours of the missile museums.

[Doctor Phibes]

I'm thinking the main reason to do this isn't actually to gather intelligence, but to send some kind of message and also to see how the US reacts.

[George K]

Is this something?

[jon-nyc]

[Copper]

@George-K said in Chinese Spy Balloon:

Is this something?

A weather balloon shooting down an F16.

Or maybe vice versa.

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

[Mik]

Perfect meme fodder.

[George K]

[mark]

[jon-nyc]

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Chinese Spy Balloon:

Nice of us to wait until it had gotten all the pictures it needed.

[jon-nyc]

2 questions about the spy balloon…

Was it really too dangerous to shoot it down over fucking Montana? There’s like half a person per square parsec in that state. Makes me think they were worried about dangerous materials on board. (Rank speculation)

The DoD said it didn’t provide any capability the CCP didn’t already have through satellites. Oh really? How do they know? And if that’s true, why did the CCP bother?

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Chinese Spy Balloon:

2 questions about the spy balloon…

Was it really too dangerous to shoot it down over fucking Montana? There’s like half a person per square parsec in that state. Makes me think they were worried about dangerous materials on board. (Rank speculation)

Here's a suggestion, how about shooting it down over the Aleutian islands, when it was first spotted? It's even more sparsely populated there than Montana.

The DoD said it didn’t provide any capability the CCP didn’t already have through satellites. Oh really? How do they know? And if that’s true, why did the CCP bother?

Excellent points.

Now, what about the OTHER balloon going over Latin America right now?

[George K]

[Mik]

@George-K said in Chinese Spy Balloon:

@jon-nyc said in Chinese Spy Balloon:

2 questions about the spy balloon…

Here's a suggestion, how about shooting it down over the Aleutian islands, when it was first spotted? It's even more sparsely populated there than Montana.

Yeah, I was thinking that too.