Look Up! Chinese Spy Balloon overhead

[paknheat]

Who shot it down? Will FJB have to give china back their money?


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[leVieux]

IMO, this is probably a weather balloon. Only thing it has been doing is taking weather measurements, and sending them back to China. Shoot it down, and that is what we will find out, and look stupid in front of the world. Of course we could lie about it.

However, it was not off course. It was on course as its true mission though, was not weather collection but to test how we would react to an incursion of our air space and we failed miserably. And as noted, they intentionally did not put spy sensors on it for deniability in case we did shoot it down.

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Weather balloons are so like, 1950 !

We have satellites, Doppler Radar, PIREPS, laser ceiling-finders, high altitude drones, and stuff they won’t even tell us about now.

I call it the ‘’PUBLIC DISTRACTION BALLOON’’ !

leVieux
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[leVieux]

You've got a central state that will not defend your home but will confiscate your property with force and send it to a ****hole like Ukraine while at the same time hold open a door for an invasion from the south.

Secession from this corrupted central state is LONG past due.

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AMEN, Brother !

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[tonelar]

this should’ve been shot down before it got over land in the 1st place

 

[kbaxter60]

Now the CCP plays the victim card.
And says it was a "civilian" project.

China maintains spy balloon is civilian, claims some in US 'have hyped it up to attack and smear China'

China is maintaining that the balloon over the U.S. is a civilian research craft, asserting "some politicians and media in the US have hyped it up."

www.foxnews.com

 

[joking]

US secures perimeter around spy balloon to stop China from reaching it

US Navy and Coast Guard ships are securing the perimeter off the coast of South Carolina where a fighter jet shot down a Chinese spy balloon, but a salvage vessel won't be on the scene for days.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The wreckage is within 12 miles zone, how come they worry China may reach it first? Does that mean our sea border is not secure too?

 

[Madhouse]

 

[General Zod]

wasnt that a decayed orbit?

Anyway back on topic - also interesting is 9X engaged target well outside its envelope spec. Possibly highest engagement ever but not sure if all of the Chinese U2 shootdowns were SAMs.

Definitely the highest A2A engagement ever (unless you count the F-15 ASAT shot), and the F-22's first kill.

 

[kbaxter60]

Hoo boy...

More Propaganda: Senior Defense Officials Claim Pentagon Blocked China Spy Balloon From Gathering Intel - While Gathering Intel on the Balloon Itself

Who actually believes this garbage? The propaganda spin machine is working overtime to shield Joe Biden from criticism after he failed to secure US airspace and allowed a China spy balloon to traverse across the country and gather intel on nuclear silos and military installations. Senior defense...

www.thegatewaypundit.com

 

[General Zod]

Last I heard, the balloon was over Missouri on Friday. Today it gets shot down off the coast of the Carolinas. I'm surprised that it could move that fast.

It was high enough that it was moving at a pretty good clip in the jet stream.

 

[Renegade]

Now the CCP plays the victim card.
And says it was a "civilian" project.

China maintains spy balloon is civilian, claims some in US 'have hyped it up to attack and smear China'

China is maintaining that the balloon over the U.S. is a civilian research craft, asserting "some politicians and media in the US have hyped it up."

www.foxnews.com

I am telling ya, when they recover and open the payload, it is gonna be all civilian weather equipment. We were played.

 

[Vaquero]

We won't ever know the truth.
Except from the good book.

 

[General Zod]

I am telling ya, when they recover and open the payload, it is gonna be all civilian weather equipment. We were played.

It's still an incursion into our airspace. Of course the administration will immediately issue an apology to their Chinese masters.

 

[wbblazer90]

Breaking news, another Chinese spy ballon spotted!

 

[General Zod]

So our fighters don't have guns on them anymore...

They tried that in the 60s with the F-4 Phantom. Then they tried adding external gun pods because the gun was needed in A2A combat against MiG-17s and MiG-19s. Finally, in 1967 the F-4E was introduced with an internal 20mm cannon. Those early Phantom variants were the last USAF fighters without a gun.

 

[tonelar]

How does a “Civillian Aeronautic Program” even exist in Communist China?

 

[General Zod]

How does a “Civillian Aeronautic Program” even exist in Communist China?

I'll take "Communist Propaganda and Lies" for $500, Alex.

 

[toddnjoyce]

sarcasm? They all have guns, generally the same one in different configs20mm M61 Vulcan.

I too wonder why they did not perforate the balloon with 20mm.

Raptor has no gun. Fat Amy has a GAU-22 for looks.

 

[Tnhawk]

How does a “Civillian Aeronautic Program” even exist in Communist China?

It exists under the direction of the chinese military.

 

[Renegade]

Raptor has no gun.

It has an inboard M61 20mm made by General Dynamics.

F-117 never had a gun, A-10 had a 30mm, and F-35 has the 25 mm you mentioned. Most every thing else in the era has the 20mm