Posted on 02/06/2023 12:57:48 PM PST by BenLurkin
The Chinese spy balloon that traversed US airspace before being shot down over the weekend was roughly 200 feet tall, weighed thousands of pounds — and may have carried explosives meant for self-destruction, a top US general revealed Monday.
The since-obliterated spy craft’s payload was approximately the size of a regional jet airliner, Air Force General Glen VanHerck, head of US North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and Northern Command (NORCOM), said as he disclosed fresh details about the surveillance device.
“Of the payload itself, I would categorize that as a jet-airliner type of size, maybe a regional jet such as a ERJ [Embraer Regional Jet] or something like that. [It] probably weighed in excess of a couple thousand pounds.” [???]
Asked about the potential hazards if the balloon had been shot down over land, VanHerck said the device had “glass off of [its] solar panels; potentially hazardous material, such as material that is required for batteries to operate in such an environment as this; and even the potential for explosives to detonate and destroy the balloon that could have been present.”
He stopped short of confirming that the balloon was, in fact, carrying explosives.
China tried to claim the balloon was just a weather research “airship” that had blown off course...
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
That's why they call it a "statue of limitations."
Act of War and our Government is totally bought and paid for
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That link needs its own post.
It’s crying for a laser weapon.
Balloons are actually how air to air directed energy weapons were tested.
Be my guest. Too lazy to post it right now.
Payload over 2,000 pounds - dropped in the water near our primer nuclear sub base... Was there a small submersible drone in the package?
Lol.
This time.
The State of the Union:
“We just let our most formidable enemy maneuver a surveillance balloon completely across the Continental United States and also 1 of 2 other states.”
Let that sink in.
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