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1 posted on 02/06/2023 4:34:06 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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“ And that’s a domain awareness gap that we have to figure out.”

Ya think so?

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39 posted on 02/06/2023 5:38:08 PM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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This MF is LYING.

This is beyond concerning. Treason at the very top of the military we pay for.


40 posted on 02/06/2023 5:41:30 PM PST by servantoftheservant
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This is the briefing

https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3289888/gen-glen-vanherck-commander-north-american-aerospace-defense-command-and-united/

“Q: Thank you. And on the prior balloons, was NORTHCOM involved in tracking the balloon that was at the early stage of the Biden Administration and also the three that transited during the Trump Administration, and what can you tell us about those that were different?

Thank you.

GEN. VANHERCK: So those balloons, so every day as a NORAD commander it’s my responsible to — responsibility to detect threats to North America. I will tell you that we did not detect those threats. And that’s a domain awareness gap that we have to figure out. But I don’t want to go in further detail.

The intel community, after the fact, I believe has been briefed already, assess those threats to additional means of collection from additional means and made us aware of those balloons that were previously approaching North America or transited North America. I hope that answers your question.”

This is what was posted by DOD yesterday

https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3287173/dod-statement-on-high-altitude-surveillance-balloon/

“Instances of this kind of balloon activity have been observed previously over the past several years. Once the balloon was detected, the U.S. government acted immediately to protect against the collection of sensitive information.”


41 posted on 02/06/2023 5:44:04 PM PST by HollyB
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screw it...


42 posted on 02/06/2023 5:45:18 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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Look at this contradiction

Re:explosives

Yeah, so I can’t confirm whether it had explosives or not. Anytime you down something like this, we make an assumption that that potential exists. We did not associate the potential of having explosives with a threat to dropping weapons, those kinds of things, but out of a precaution, abundance of safety for not only our military people and the public, we have to make assumptions such as that. I hope that answers your questions.

Q: So — so just important clarification here: You didn’t have a reason to think there were explosives. You just — this was out of an abundance of caution, and you thought it might potentially have them, so you had to be careful. Is that correct, or did you have reason to believe there were explosives?

GEN. VANHERCK: I would say it was the prior. I did not have any corroboration or confirmation of explosives on this platform. That was an — an assessment that we wanted just to make sure for safety purposes

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Q: Yeah. And could you answer the question about whether there was a warhead in the missile?

GEN. VANHERCK: Yeah, absolutely. There was a warhead in the missile. You can see that explosion on TV as it goes through the lower part of the balloon and right there through the superstructure.


43 posted on 02/06/2023 5:48:52 PM PST by HollyB
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They keep trying to come up with something people will believe.


45 posted on 02/06/2023 5:54:08 PM PST by DejaJude
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Talking to a couple of my friends who are still in the NAVY, they said I wouldn’t believe how low morale currently is. The next couple of years will be terrible for the military because of what they will have to do to maintain their current troop level.


46 posted on 02/06/2023 5:55:04 PM PST by hillarys cankles
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Sure I believe that. NORAD can follow Santa’s sleigh but not Chicom spy balloons that are as long as 3 school buses.


47 posted on 02/06/2023 5:55:37 PM PST by KingofZion
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The military should not be commenting on our detection capabilities in publc.


48 posted on 02/06/2023 6:02:53 PM PST by plain talk
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If the military failed to detect a balloon transiting the USA, anywhere in the USA, years ago, how can that be proven? It’s not like a balloon leaves a permanent scratch mark across the sky.


49 posted on 02/06/2023 6:04:35 PM PST by Tudorfly (All things are possible within the will of God.)
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NORAD literally has one job, and they failed at it.


51 posted on 02/06/2023 6:07:38 PM PST by matt04 ( )
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What a sad sack. An Air Force General having to swallow his pride and throw his own people under the bus to cover for a lie.


56 posted on 02/06/2023 6:27:28 PM PST by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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U.S. military failed to detect some previous incursions by Chinese spy balloons

So.... they actually did not happen.

58 posted on 02/06/2023 6:52:05 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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If this is the case how much stuff has China and Russia flown over the US undetected over the past decade?


59 posted on 02/06/2023 6:52:32 PM PST by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinions)
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So if they weren’t aware of them, how did they become so now?


66 posted on 02/06/2023 11:27:30 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David.)
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Total BS!


70 posted on 02/07/2023 7:15:08 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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If we failed to detect these previous balloons, how do we know these were there? Kind of like if a tree falls in the forest and no one hears or sees it did it fall?


71 posted on 02/07/2023 8:42:48 AM PST by The Great RJ
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