How is a ballon gathering more than a satellite?
The balloon is trans[isting] and the totally gay Thoroughly Modern Millie approves.
Absolutely disgraceful that this thing hasn’t been brought down already. The Biden administration is PATHETIC.
This is a national disgrace. I heard a general say the balloon poses no threat. How in the hell do they know that? Just the fact it is gathering intelligence about our nuclear deterrence is a threat. Period.
We do not need fighter jets or fighter pilots. They no longer have no role to play in defending the USA. Stop buying these expensive fighters and training the military pilots. NOW !
That balloon is less than 2 hours from flying over Savannah Georgia and going over the ocean. If they cleared the ships from that area then they have no excuse for not shooting it down.
Here is the balloon on flightradar: https://www.flightradar24.com/HBAL617/2f098365
Lyin’ Piñata rises from his crypt.
‘It’ seems to have become ‘them’.
A balloon in Canada.
This balloon somewhere over TN or IL.
Another over South America.
Sum Ting Up.
RE: I’d ‘Really Be Concerned’ if We Didn’t Intercept It or Shoot It down
If you’re interested in knowing about the intelligence data gathered, better not blow it to smithereens. Just puncture holes in the balloon to let it drift downwards and safeguard the equipment.
They would have shot it down if we failed to hack it. It’s been hacked thoroughly
Shoot the balloon full of holes and it will slowly descend to the ground. What is so hard about that?
The balloon would be a poor vehicle for spying as it lacks precise control and moves slowly…giving ample time to cover those thing we want keep from the Chinese. However, a balloon loitering over Americas heartland, would be an ideal platform for dispersing bio weapons. Was Biden’s reluctance to shoot this thing down even over sparsely populated areas over concerns about releasing bio weapons? Could the Chinese be blackmailing Biden…do as we say or we release the bio weapons? Biden knowingly allowing a foreign power to violate our airspace with impunity should be ample reports immediate impeachment.
Sorry, Joe’s gone home for the weekend, the US is closed. We will open on Monday.
Panetta’s view from an overstuffed chair by the fireplace in his home makes him tougher than when he was supposed to be a working bureaucrat in office.
Liberals claim the Chinese spy balloon was just a bunch of hot air.
FYI: The warhead on the US Sidewinder missile did NOT detonate when it impacted the Chinese War Balloon. It could be because the target was too soft to cause the missile’s impact fuse to work, and maybe its proximity fuse could not “see” the thin floating balloon enough, that it was unable to reflect enough of a signal to “read” its proximity. But more likely? I believe the US Air Force removed the explosive warhead from the missile, so they were basically firing a supersonic dart at the balloon, so as to take no chances of damaging the technological apparatus it was carrying!