US military shoots down Chinese spy balloon over Atlantic Ocean

Fox News ^ | February 4, 2023 2:39pm EST | Adam Sabes

[conservative98]

The U.S. military has shot down the Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic Ocean.

While the balloon was off the coast of South Carolina, the balloon was shot down by the U.S. military on Saturday afternoon, according to Fox News sources

[griffin]

WHAT!?

It could have hit a boat, jet skier or turtle!!!

[BykrBayb]

“Of course! With Xi you get egg roll.”

[Magnum44]

[Antoninus]

How do we know it wasn’t dispensing Covid-23 all along its route?

It's a fair question.

[Jamestown1630]

Why would they have to do it in such an obvious way? The last time worked fine...

[Drew68]

Satellites are 100 miles up. Now take those same cameras and use them at 60,000 feet.

The space-based satellites can read the side numbers on aircraft.

I suppose putting those same cameras on a balloon might be able to tell if I shaved in the morning or not. Other than that, I'm not quite sure what additional intelligence it can gather.

I know everyone loves a juicy conspiracy but it's not outside the realm of possibility that this balloon was nothing more than the weather balloon China said it was.

[BykrBayb]

And here you are. Did you sign up just to tell us conservatives are dumb?

[devane617]

“...whatever the balloon was dispersing...”

yep. ditto.

[Texan4Life]

BREAKING: Beyoncé and Jay Z have successfully shot down the Chinese Balloon

https://twitter.com/B7Album/status/1621977015287955456

[lightman]

[wrench]

Ever heard of the Jet Stream?

Look it up if you don’t know what it is.

[Shady]

Thrusters.

[The Antiyuppie]

I’m not in a position to do this, but if someone wants to make some serious coin, print up some Mylar Biden-faced Balloons with a ‘payload” between the balloon and the string.

Send them to your favorite Dems!

[Buttons12]

Barn door, meet horse’s patootie.

[The Antiyuppie]

“What proof do you have it was something else? Some folks create conspiracies out of thin air 🙄”

Let’s enumerate how many “thin air” conspiracies have been PROVEN TO BE REAL over the last eight years, shall we?

[Shady]

If it was riding the Jet it could be going up to 100-150 mph, but I highly doubt that.

[M_Continuum]

When you live in a tiny bubble 100% of them.

[The Antiyuppie]

“When you live in a tiny bubble 100% of them.”

Somewhat clever albeit wrong, but that’s not an answer to the question that I asked. Thanks for trying.

[frank ballenger]

You’re right.

It was already going over the Atlantic Ocean, meaning the mission was over land was accomplished.

[BykrBayb]

Of course it was just a weather balloon. All weather balloons have self-destruct mechanisms built into the components, so each component explodes and burns up as it separates from the balloon. We really should trust the CCP.