Posted on 02/02/2023 2:47:00 PM PST by rdl6989
A massive spy balloon from China is flying over the continental U.S., government officials said Thursday.
"The United States government has detected and is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is flying over the continental United States right now," Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters. "NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) continues to track and monitor it closely."
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Before y’all get your knickers in a bunch, I believe we done signed some Nucular treaties saying it’s all right for everybody to look to make sure nobody’s cheatin.
Yep, there is no better place in the lower 48 to shoot it down than eastern Montana or the Dakotas.
To put up with this is to invite more of it. Who’s to say whether they couldn’t send an EMP this way over a major city?
Stupid if we don’t shoot it down.
Would be a clever way to get the device over America. How heavy a payload would be required to black out a large area?
LOL
Reminds me of when the USofA tried this **same exact stunt** to spy on the Soviet Union. One of these balloons crashed at Roswell, NM.
Didn’t work worth a...poop then either.
That I don’t know, but I’d bet some FRiends here would have a good idea. Some pretty smart folks on these boards.
I’m glad it is not a satellite!
Of course we can’t shoot it down, due to the fact that #BeijingBiden is #WhollyOwned by the #CCP.
Spy balloon or distribution balloon?
"Open Skies" is not even remotely that simple. The treaty has very specific requirements as to what sort of aircraft could be used and what sensors could be aboard. Balloons were not on the list. Furthermore, both USA and Russia withdrew from the treaty in 2021, and China was never a part of it in the first place.
I'm open to correction from legal eagles ... but I see no reason not to shoot it down.
VIDEO
Alleged footage shows suspected Chinese spy balloon hovering over Montana
Pew, pew, pew.....
So, shoot it down.
The Billings Gazette has a photo of it. I don’t know what the rules are for posting from that source, so I’ll just post the link.
And some of us have wadded knickers over a BALLOON???
https://simpleflying.com/chinese-airlines-us-schedules/
Probably launched from the White House.
Covid aerosol? Crop biologicals? I doubt it’s a surveillance anything.
I was thinking that “open skies” ended when Francis Gary Powers was shot down, I could be wrong.
Haven't we gotten close enough to read the tail numbers?
Heck; we scramble fighters to chase UFOs, so why haven't we chased this UNIDENTIFIED floating Object??
Some good old boys and a P-Baron with a 30.06.
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