Posted on 02/04/2023 10:24:04 AM PST by conservative98
The U.S. is considering a plan to shoot down the Chinese spy balloon once it crosses over the Atlantic Ocean, where it could fall without causing harm to anyone below and potentially be recovered, a senior U.S. official told Fox News.
President Biden addressed the balloon briefly Saturday in response to a reporter's question, saying, "we're going to take care of it."
This is a developing story and will be updated.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Globalist criminals are in charge. “We the people” are just fodder.
It was a good ride, thanks to God and our founders.
The stage has been set for what follows.
Most have no idea as to what is going on around them. They cannot see what they see...
Actually l think the whole story is BS. The ChiComs are embedded in every institution and all this Hysteria about a spy balloon is a ridiculous rat head fake.
Any doubt now that Biden is being blackmailed???
What a freaking joke. Stolen elections have consequences.
Someone made a sensible comment - “because the “near space” area is a grey zone in international law that is beyond the range of military and commercial aviation, yet too low for satellites, the US, China and other countries have long operated things like balloons there for surveillance purposes. For these reason, the US doesn’t want to shoot down a balloon, which is the result China wants, so they may shoot down one of ours”
OK- possible
BUT if this balloon if operating at below 40K feet, its clearly a threat to commercial and private aircraft. Why shouldn’t it then be destroyed?
good one!!
Osama.
They’ll shoot it down after it crosses the country, collects and transmits all its data. That way Biden will get paid by the Chinese by delivering what they are paying him for.
Good vid here about this balloon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x2Mk7DzrnE
Apparently a few years back a shootdown of a weather balloon was attempted and 1000 rounds of cannon fire didn’t do the trick. Granted we don’t know how many rounds actually contacted the balloon, but if the shells just pass through, they might not have much effect. Kinda like trying to substantially damage a 10 cubic foot foam ball with a .22 firing FMJ. Or the Japanese in WW2 shooting armor piercing shells at our “tin can” boats — the shells just went right through.
So, yeah, try to melt half the balloon, or, create lots of shrapnel in a conical burst to miss the payload. If we had such, a laser cutting beam could work, too.
Cheap super pressure balloon with a quick detach payload.
Simple inexpensive ISR platform suspended for envelope with photo voltaic platform and gimbaled electric motors for propulsion and maneuvering.
The dark module on the bottom of the balloon probably holds battery, power systems and He supply to control altitude.
After days of inaction, and data already sent to CHINA!
The Chinese, as usual, were just trying to copy our technology that they are woefully behind on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GLrr_Xp0qc
Haha - somebody should create a graphic with Roger Moore clambering around the payload...
You’re wasting your time.
The retard mob has the impetus...
Milley promised Xi the US won’t shoot it down!
Has anyone posted a detailed track of the balloon so far? I think that thing almost went right over me, and am wondering how close it was to overflying Ft. Campbell, KY.
Big of them!…..now that the Chinese have ALL the data transmitted !
IF Donald Trump had pulled this stunt…..WHICH HE WOULDN’T!……they would have dragged him out of the White House.
Joe is going to get us killed!
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