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Why did China send a balloon?
Asia Times ^

Posted on 02/06/2023 5:02:03 AM PST by FarCenter

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To: FarCenter

Trying to reach as many people as possible about their car warranty?


21 posted on 02/06/2023 5:44:10 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT The NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR & Faux Snooze! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper! )
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To: FarCenter

Be aware that like the Ukraine Russian war threads is filled with Russian sycophants, trolls, and hangers on, China threads are even more likely to be filled with the same sorts of commenters - worse, because there is so much Chinese propaganda everywhere, and they pay their trolls far better then the Russians.


22 posted on 02/06/2023 5:48:01 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: FarCenter

They were too cheap to send flowers.


23 posted on 02/06/2023 5:48:24 AM PST by Flag_This
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To: PIF

Maybe Xi sent the balloon so that he wouldn’t have to have dinner with that insufferable Tony Blinken.


24 posted on 02/06/2023 5:49:53 AM PST by FarCenter
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To: FarCenter

aybe Xi sent the balloon so that he wouldn’t have to have dinner with that insufferable Tony Blinken.

Blinken’s best friends, Wynken and Nod, are even worse


25 posted on 02/06/2023 5:59:00 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: elpadre
What are the possibilities of Chinese balloons being used for offensive weapons??

You could, but why would you? Missiles are far harder to stop and infinitely more accurate.
26 posted on 02/06/2023 6:00:32 AM PST by TexasGunLover
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To: FarCenter

China sent a balloon as a dry run for spreading the next generation of bioweapon cooked up in Wuhan, or setting up for an EMP strike.


27 posted on 02/06/2023 6:00:37 AM PST by 2CAVTrooper (One Nation, Under Fraud Completely Visible, With Spying and Lying To All.)
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To: FarCenter

We have been trying to reach you regarding your car’s expired warranty.


28 posted on 02/06/2023 6:03:17 AM PST by themidnightskulker (....And then the thread dies.... Peacefully.... In its sleep....)
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To: FarCenter

Really despise the propaganda of Asia Times.


29 posted on 02/06/2023 6:05:09 AM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: PIF

What about the Biden syncophants, trolls, and hangers on who swallow and regurgitate all the bullshit the neoliberals in Washington are peddling?

Are you “concerned” at all about them?


30 posted on 02/06/2023 6:06:54 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: FarCenter

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31 posted on 02/06/2023 6:21:28 AM PST by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: FarCenter

The author is Brandon J Weichert.

Doesn’t seem like a total leftist.


32 posted on 02/06/2023 6:21:34 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: FarCenter
They bought the END OF AMERICA in their own minds.

And it started with giving over a BILLION dollars to the corrupt Biden family while groper Joe was VP under Obama! ..... imho

33 posted on 02/06/2023 6:23:21 AM PST by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: FarCenter

To show Americans and the world that Biden is their bitch


34 posted on 02/06/2023 6:27:47 AM PST by stockpirate (Where Justice Ends Tyranny Begins...Repression Breeds Violence)
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To: mac_truck

What about the Biden syncophants, trolls, and hangers on who swallow and regurgitate all the bullshit the neoliberals in Washington are peddling? Are you “concerned” at all about them?

Well, I’m more concerned by Pootie trolls on FR, like yourself.


35 posted on 02/06/2023 6:30:18 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: FarCenter
Shouldn't that have been...

"Now that the Great Balloon Panic of 2023 has passed us blown over..."

36 posted on 02/06/2023 6:38:43 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: FarCenter

“Given the trajectory of the Chinese spy balloon”

I’m having trouble believing that the trajectory of a non-propelled balloon can be controlled as accurately as claimed.

If China were going to run a realistic spying operation using unguided balloons, wouldn’t they have to launch dozens of them, hoping a few might go somewhere useful?

If it turns out to be a weather balloon, I’m not sure our government will confess that.


37 posted on 02/06/2023 6:41:36 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: Hot Tabasco

“What could they possible spot on the ground that can’t be seen with their own satellites or Google Earth?”

My thoughts also.


38 posted on 02/06/2023 6:42:57 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: HombreSecreto

Quite amusing!!


39 posted on 02/06/2023 6:47:40 AM PST by MarMema (Orange Putin Bad)
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To: KarlInOhio

—”At 60,000 feet the horizon is 300 miles away. So take the path of the balloon and draw a parallel line 300 miles on each side and that’s what could be visually observed. Hopefully we can retrieve the payload from the ocean and tear it apart to see it’s capabilities.”

TikTok is the Chinese Spy Balloon in your pocket

“However, TikTok is basically a Chinese Communist Party Commissar that you keep in your pocket. Not only can TikTok analyze your data, but it may be able to influence your political opinion by steering you to videos it wants you to see.”
~1 Minuite video.
https://youtube.com/shorts/k43Pceu7fRM?feature=share

McBeth is former career Army now a computer security guy.


40 posted on 02/06/2023 6:54:14 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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