Posted on 02/04/2023 12:51:30 PM PST by Beowulf9
Fighter jets shot down the Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic today after Joe Biden vowed to 'take care of it' and the FAA shutdown three airports in the Carolinas.
A missile burst the balloon at 2.38pm and separated its payload - the metal structure carrying its cameras - sending it plummeting towards the ocean off Myrtle Beach.
Footage showed a fighter jet screaming towards the spy aircraft before firing a missile which shredded the balloon as stunned locals watched from the coast.
An operation was underway to recover the wreckage and retrieve any valuable intelligence before it sinks into the ocean.
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HEH HEH.
Valid point in a way.
BTW..on one station there was a former intel guy who said this isnt the first balloon these bastards have sent over.
He claimed that it is not only to gather intel, but to see what the hell our reaction is.
In short, it is to see how weak knee we are for future possible military operations in the China Sea.
Gull Dam! Somebody actually remembers that on here.
Hats off to you.
who is to say that the baloon did not already leak out chemicals throughout the US? you know, drizzle a bit here, and a bit there? Over the main bread basket?
Maybe so China's puppet emperor could pretend to be tough without actually doing anything major to antagonize the string pullers?
When national security threats are imminent, these guys will spring into action
...In a few days!??
Gimme back some mean tweets. Please
My wife mentioned this to me. I didn’t argue with her, but I wonder what might be something that would do much damage released from that high of an altitude. It would be so dispersed by the time it hit ground.
Radiation? I imagine much more was released from a single test in Nevada in the 50’s than could be carried in a ballon.
A virus? It would be not viable by the time it hit ground.
I suppose there are things, perhaps, but it seems unlikely.
“ Good, Joe. Wait until it’s crossed the entire USA and THEN take care of the problem. Sheesh.”
All options were on the table and this was the one selected. Pretty much sums up the administration.
2 days late, and a dollar short, Slo-Joe.
Dumbass, moronic, idiotic, sloth-like Pentagon.
“to see what the hell our reaction is”
Hint to China:
White balloons will be shot down...
Black balloons will not...
Yellow balloons will require six months of meetings to decide what to do...
;-)
Are these balloons single-use only? Could China have gotten it back and used it again? If so, this may be Biden signalling to Xi to up his payments to the Biden family.
A trial balloon in other words.
Marko
Bongino said Biden was a foreign agent. He was right.
Another thought that occurs to me is maybe the reason the military didn’t want to shoot it down over land is because they didn’t know what payload it was carrying, and were maybe even concerned that it could be biological or chemical. Even if it was nothing, they couldn’t have the “little people” seeing military personnel walking around in NBC protective suits, and thereby being alerted to the fact that our government had credible concern about China trying to surreptitiously attack us. Why, that could even lead to questions about the origin and purpose of the Wuhan virus, and they can’t have that.
What if these balloons have biologicals or radioactive materials in them? Can we assume the government is doing air tests for those possibilities?
Get real.....China OWNS EVERYONE in POWER TODAY!! The BIDEN CRIME FAMILY in particular!
Yep, this is ocnfusing.
Yes, the military advisors, Joint Chiefs, etc. may well have said it was risky to take it down over land, for various reasons.
But, Joe is the Commander in Chief. He’s their boss, not the other way around.
Badge (ribbon) of shame:
CCP Joe shot it down over a red state!
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