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BREAKING NEWS: Fighter jet shoots down China spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina after Biden vowed to 'take care of it' and the FAA closed airspace and three airports
https://www.dailymail.co.u ^ | Feb 4 2023 | Ross Ibbetson

Posted on 02/04/2023 12:51:30 PM PST by Beowulf9

Fighter jets shot down the Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic today after Joe Biden vowed to 'take care of it' and the FAA shutdown three airports in the Carolinas.

A missile burst the balloon at 2.38pm and separated its payload - the metal structure carrying its cameras - sending it plummeting towards the ocean off Myrtle Beach.

Footage showed a fighter jet screaming towards the spy aircraft before firing a missile which shredded the balloon as stunned locals watched from the coast.

An operation was underway to recover the wreckage and retrieve any valuable intelligence before it sinks into the ocean.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biden; china; chinaspyballoon; spyballoon
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To: bleach

HEH HEH.

Valid point in a way.

BTW..on one station there was a former intel guy who said this isnt the first balloon these bastards have sent over.

He claimed that it is not only to gather intel, but to see what the hell our reaction is.

In short, it is to see how weak knee we are for future possible military operations in the China Sea.


21 posted on 02/04/2023 1:17:24 PM PST by crz
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To: READINABLUESTATE

Gull Dam! Somebody actually remembers that on here.

Hats off to you.


22 posted on 02/04/2023 1:18:28 PM PST by crz
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To: Beowulf9

who is to say that the baloon did not already leak out chemicals throughout the US? you know, drizzle a bit here, and a bit there? Over the main bread basket?


23 posted on 02/04/2023 1:19:32 PM PST by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. https://youtu.be/VexKSRKoWQY)
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To: bleach
. . . but if it had been on a nefarious mission why give it time to carry through?

Maybe so China's puppet emperor could pretend to be tough without actually doing anything major to antagonize the string pullers?

24 posted on 02/04/2023 1:24:55 PM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Beowulf9

When national security threats are imminent, these guys will spring into action

...In a few days!??

Gimme back some mean tweets. Please


25 posted on 02/04/2023 1:25:13 PM PST by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: redshawk

My wife mentioned this to me. I didn’t argue with her, but I wonder what might be something that would do much damage released from that high of an altitude. It would be so dispersed by the time it hit ground.

Radiation? I imagine much more was released from a single test in Nevada in the 50’s than could be carried in a ballon.

A virus? It would be not viable by the time it hit ground.

I suppose there are things, perhaps, but it seems unlikely.


26 posted on 02/04/2023 1:26:20 PM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

“ Good, Joe. Wait until it’s crossed the entire USA and THEN take care of the problem. Sheesh.”

All options were on the table and this was the one selected. Pretty much sums up the administration.


27 posted on 02/04/2023 1:32:17 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (“Racist” is the new “Nazi”.)
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To: combat_boots
Good thing they finally got rid of the tranny “luggage stealing” fruitcake that was in charge of nuclear waste (Sam Brinton).


28 posted on 02/04/2023 1:37:33 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: Beowulf9

2 days late, and a dollar short, Slo-Joe.
Dumbass, moronic, idiotic, sloth-like Pentagon.


29 posted on 02/04/2023 1:37:54 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: crz

“to see what the hell our reaction is”

Hint to China:

White balloons will be shot down...

Black balloons will not...

Yellow balloons will require six months of meetings to decide what to do...

;-)


30 posted on 02/04/2023 1:42:07 PM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: Beowulf9

Are these balloons single-use only? Could China have gotten it back and used it again? If so, this may be Biden signalling to Xi to up his payments to the Biden family.


31 posted on 02/04/2023 1:44:53 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: crz

A trial balloon in other words.

Marko


32 posted on 02/04/2023 1:52:01 PM PST by markoman (Cautiously cynical)
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To: crz

Bongino said Biden was a foreign agent. He was right.


33 posted on 02/04/2023 1:58:57 PM PST by waterhill (Resistrain)
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To: Beowulf9
It’s more than the ICBM fields that it flew over; its path over Missouri would also have allowed it to spy on our one and only B-2 stealth bomber base at Whiteman. Seems a little too “coincidental.”

Another thought that occurs to me is maybe the reason the military didn’t want to shoot it down over land is because they didn’t know what payload it was carrying, and were maybe even concerned that it could be biological or chemical. Even if it was nothing, they couldn’t have the “little people” seeing military personnel walking around in NBC protective suits, and thereby being alerted to the fact that our government had credible concern about China trying to surreptitiously attack us. Why, that could even lead to questions about the origin and purpose of the Wuhan virus, and they can’t have that.

34 posted on 02/04/2023 2:00:29 PM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Beowulf9

What if these balloons have biologicals or radioactive materials in them? Can we assume the government is doing air tests for those possibilities?


35 posted on 02/04/2023 2:00:45 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing)Xvg)
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To: eeriegeno

Get real.....China OWNS EVERYONE in POWER TODAY!! The BIDEN CRIME FAMILY in particular!


37 posted on 02/04/2023 2:19:14 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Yep, this is ocnfusing.

Yes, the military advisors, Joint Chiefs, etc. may well have said it was risky to take it down over land, for various reasons.

But, Joe is the Commander in Chief. He’s their boss, not the other way around.


38 posted on 02/04/2023 2:20:51 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Beowulf9
$20 the F22 pilots huddled and the one who flew drew short straw.

Badge (ribbon) of shame:


39 posted on 02/04/2023 2:28:20 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: bleach

CCP Joe shot it down over a red state!


40 posted on 02/04/2023 2:34:03 PM PST by 2nd Amendment
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