US military shoots down Chinese spy balloon over Atlantic Ocean

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

[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.