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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Amazing, isn’t it, that the Chinese sent a craft people can see from the ground (and I am assuming radar) to spy on us. Even more amazing is this administration allowed it to float around for days doing so.
I say this is timed perfectly, in time for the state-of-the-union speech, where they will paint Biden as a Churchill, and applaud him with a standing ovation for his “courage,” and “decisiveness.”
Closed the airspace, but didn’t close the landing zone to sea navigation? Lots of ships and boats along the coast. More people there than in the Sand Hills of Nebraska or Eastern Montana. Or are we just too slow?
They had to wait for the polling and focus group results. Must have been really bad or they would have done nothing.
Only to an audience of cup drooling nitwits could he get away with that. So that would be the perfect fit.
On a serious note, if they try that, the entire country will recoil after being hit with that bull shit bomb.
Delivery mechanism for the next "new and improved" Wuhan virus?
They were NOT spy balloons!! They were agricultural research balloons that got lost. /s
All two of them.
Yup, let it do its job and destroy the evidence. That is the MO of the thieves in power.
You think Biden was concerned about people getting hurt on the ground? Think again.
This is the same Biden who is willing to send F-15s against his own people. He said so.
Good or Bad about this, it's obvious we have no Commander in Chief with the guy saying he's CIC!
That is where we are and have been with this FAUX Prez!
Not idiots. Traitors. As in firing squad level treason!
A payload of tiny insect or bird sized drones, released a very wide intervals to prevent notice. Drones with who knows what purpose.
So.....just in time to take Biden’s document scandal and his son’s treacherous dealings with the CCP off of the regular *news* cycle....
along comes a Chinese *spy* balloon to dominate the news cycle; Biden gets to look “Presidential” as he orders it shot down....
Anyone else besides me ever see “Wag The Dog”....??
With the Biden family business dealings with China and the CCP, is it a stretch to think that maybe all it took was a phone call...?
Who’s running this country?
Hope our people recovered the equipment.
retrieve any valuable intelligence
THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SENT BACK TO THE CCP
Yes it is unfortunately
Exactly. If it was of genuine concern to “the powers,” it would have been taken down as it approached ALASKA, not after it had crossed Alaska, Canada, the lower 48, etc. We are watching a show, probably a carefully Orchestrated psyop to psych us up for war with Chynuh. More war machine madness.
Thank YOU :)
“A payload of tiny insect or bird sized drones, released a very wide intervals to prevent notice. Drones with who knows what purpose.” I didn’t even think of that. So many nightmare scenarios out there.
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