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US military shoots down Chinese spy balloon over Atlantic Ocean
Fox News ^ | February 4, 2023 2:39pm EST | Adam Sabes

Posted on 02/04/2023 11:47:11 AM PST by 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

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: atlantic; balloon; china; chinese; goooh; letsgobrandon; q; r; russia; shot; spartansixdelta; spy; spyballoon; usmilitary
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To: conservative98

WHAT!?

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


141 posted on 02/04/2023 1:54:57 PM PST by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: dennisw

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


142 posted on 02/04/2023 1:56:32 PM PST by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. PTL ~ Þ)
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To: conservative98

143 posted on 02/04/2023 2:00:46 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: BykrBayb
How do we know it wasn’t dispensing Covid-23 all along its route?

It's a fair question.
144 posted on 02/04/2023 2:00:58 PM PST by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: BykrBayb

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


145 posted on 02/04/2023 2:02:47 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: FreeReign
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.

146 posted on 02/04/2023 2:02:55 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: BusterDog

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


147 posted on 02/04/2023 2:03:04 PM PST by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. PTL ~ Þ)
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To: dynachrome

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

yep. ditto.


148 posted on 02/04/2023 2:05:39 PM PST by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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BREAKING: Beyoncé and Jay Z have successfully shot down the Chinese Balloon

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


149 posted on 02/04/2023 2:09:35 PM PST by Texan4Life
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To: packagingguy

150 posted on 02/04/2023 2:11:04 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Blue Highway

Ever heard of the Jet Stream?

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


151 posted on 02/04/2023 2:11:39 PM PST by wrench
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To: Blue Highway

Thrusters.


152 posted on 02/04/2023 2:13:27 PM PST by Shady (The #JihadJunta: "We are now a nationThat of Men, Not of Laws. You are not as equal as we are...")
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To: Antoninus

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!


153 posted on 02/04/2023 2:16:26 PM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: conservative98

Barn door, meet horse’s patootie.


154 posted on 02/04/2023 2:18:11 PM PST by Buttons12 ( Do you not think an Angel rides in the Whirlwind and directs this Storm?)
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To: M_Continuum

“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?


155 posted on 02/04/2023 2:18:58 PM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: Blue Highway

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


156 posted on 02/04/2023 2:19:02 PM PST by Shady (The #JihadJunta: "We are now a nationThat of Men, Not of Laws. You are not as equal as we are...")
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To: The Antiyuppie

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


157 posted on 02/04/2023 2:20:23 PM PST by M_Continuum
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To: M_Continuum

“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.


158 posted on 02/04/2023 2:24:19 PM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: BarbM

You’re right.

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


159 posted on 02/04/2023 2:24:25 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Drew68

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.


160 posted on 02/04/2023 2:24:35 PM PST by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. PTL ~ Þ)
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