Posted on 02/03/2023 5:05:40 AM PST by Red Badger
The U.S. military is currently monitoring a suspected Chinese spy balloon that has been hovering for several days over the northern United States.
Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a statement on Thursday that the “high-altitude surveillance balloon” poses no immediate threat to the United States and will be monitored for the time-being.
“The United States Government has detected and is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now,” said Ryder, adding:
The U.S. government, including NORAD, continues to track and monitor it closely. The balloon is currently traveling at an altitude well above commercial air traffic and does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground. 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.
According to NBC News, the balloon was initially spotted over Billings, Montana, after it had flown over the Aleutian Islands and through Canada. The exact whereabouts of the balloon remains unknown to the public at this time.
“Currently we assess that this balloon has limited additive value from an intelligence collection perspective over and above what the PRC can do through other means,” “Nevertheless we are taking all necessary steps to protect against foreign intelligence collection of sensitive information.”
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They have shot down a satellite with a Standard Missile, and have intercepted satellites with missiles fired from an F-15 in the early 1980’s. Though that capability was supposed to be a one-time only experiment/demonstration.
Someone on patriots.win said,
“If I’m China, and I’m about to invade Taiwan.. The one thing that would be the most valuable to me is up-to-date target information for my retaliatory strikes on America if attacked”
And a troll here said “China has satellites”
But this is China testing their fallback recon methods to get around the US anti-satellite capabilites.
I predict China and Russia will both attack at once, now that treasonous kiddie-sniffer Dementia Joe has depleted the strategic oil reserves and a lot of our military stocks.
It’s over Montana, shoot it down.
Unfortunately, once the missile had destroyed the balloon, a whole bunch of missile bits would fall back to earth.
They might hit a buffalo, and we’d be back at war with the Sioux.
Yes........
There’s still very competent people in our military and contractor services.
You know that the Russians are also watching this with their spy satellites. Let’s give China and Russia a free show by blowing the balloon out of the sky.
Terrain mapping for Cruise-type missiles?
It’s White, surprised it wasn’t shot down for that reason alone.
They have satellites and our terrain is public information.
FOX NEWS ALERT: China says balloon is just a commercial weather balloon.
Nothing to see here folks. Move along.
Oh, okay...you can trust China. (rolls eyes)
Inquiring (Chinese) minds want to know...
Ask for blowing it up what is this balloon is filled with dirty bomb materials selenium comes to mind rather quickly and then America shoots it down spreads his radioactive stuff all over the place and then turns around And tries to blame China? The Chinese will just say well you are no 1 said shot it down, we were just floating a balloon.
Bingo.
It could be checking out to prevailing winds Perhaps China is worried about nuclear fallout when they nukas us Or They could have hundreds of thousands of balloons ready to go, just float over this country and then whatever they’re gonna do with them they are going to do. Maybe they just need to know to prevailing wind across the country to do that.
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