Chinese balloon flying

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is humiliating. What the hell is going on in the WhiteHouse?

The Chinese spy balloon is a definite benefit to the Chinese intelligence community. Would China allow us to float a spy balloon over China?

Exactly! The IC can't do much with the Chinese balloon unless it's brought down to Earth. What an incredibly stupid tweet/person.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would expect the US public to get very little details. Of course.

Of course the Pentagon and White House are not going to report what they know or plan to do.

Duh!!

The fact that they have done nothing at this point is concerning.
They have known about this balloon for days, if not weeks. It is a fricking spy balloon.
Even the pentagon spokesperson said it was a violation of our airspace and a violation of international law.

And, this administration's response is "Meh. Let 'er fly."

What a ridiculously weak response.

THEY ARE TAKING THE ADVICE OF THE PENTAGON

Of course they are! Lol. Democrats like doing nothing to stop China from doing anything they want to do.

It was less than 10 years ago that they hacked in and took all of our personal information...most Fed agencies. They had to pay for identity theft monitoring for all of us because they took everything--social security #s, personal info, etc. My entire agency and many others were hacked by them.

[Anonymous]

it's not just floating. They have the ability to maneuver it. It's not 'drifting'.

[Anonymous]

Another one is over S.America

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/suspected-chinese-balloon-us/h_0e0eb6b2c35ab48ba61e4c64edef52aa

he Pentagon said Friday evening that another Chinese spy balloon is currently transiting Latin America.

“We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America. We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon,” press secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said in a statement to CNN.
It is unclear exactly where the balloon is over Latin America – but a US official tells CNN it does not appear to be currently heading to the United States.


About the balloon: The balloon was about 60,000 feet above the central continental US Friday and was moving east, Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said. The balloon "has the ability to maneuver,” Ryder told reporters, but he did not provide specifics. He also flatly denied the Chinese government's claim that the balloon serves a civilian research purpose, saying that the US knows it is a "surveillance balloon."
US response: The Pentagon said the balloon currently does not pose a "military or political" threat. Officials have assessed that shooting it down could create debris that hurt people on the ground, according to Ryder. But that’s not to say that it couldn’t be shot down eventually; a senior defense official said Thursday that the US has “options to deal with this balloon” if the risk assessment changes.
Where it is going: The balloon is expected to remain over the US for a couple of days, Ryder said. Its path carries it over a “number of sensitive sites” in the US, according to officials. It has been seen over Montana, which is home to underground US military intercontinental ballistic missile silos.

[Anonymous]

Bend over America:
“There’s no way the (Chinese Communist Party) would allow a balloon like this to fly over the Chinese heartland,” Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner tweeted Friday.

Warner was referring to the suspected surveillance balloon floating over the continental United States, which the Pentagon has said is currently too dangerous to shoot down.

“China’s aggressive behavior is a violation of international norms and shows a reckless disregard for the safety of American citizens," Warner added.

[Anonymous]

I assume DOD & NSA have been tracking this thing for days or weeks, and that the intelligence value in tracking it and intercepting communications outweighs any benefit from shooting it down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I assume DOD & NSA have been tracking this thing for days or weeks, and that the intelligence value in tracking it and intercepting communications outweighs any benefit from shooting it down.

Exactly. All of these morons repeating the "shoot it down" have no effing clue what they are talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:it's not just floating. They have the ability to maneuver it. It's not 'drifting'.

Perhaps if it approaches Washington, it’ll get shot down in a hurry.

[Anonymous]

Remember the Russians and the KAL plane?

[Anonymous]

Now is the time for the space lasers, LOL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bend over America:
“There’s no way the (Chinese Communist Party) would allow a balloon like this to fly over the Chinese heartland,” Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner tweeted Friday.

Warner was referring to the suspected surveillance balloon floating over the continental United States, which the Pentagon has said is currently too dangerous to shoot down.

“China’s aggressive behavior is a violation of international norms and shows a reckless disregard for the safety of American citizens," Warner added.

And let it be noted that Mark Warner is a Democrat. It's not just Republicans who are disgusted by this.

[Anonymous]

Supposedly it’ll be gone in a couple of days. How do they know that? Did they make a deal with China?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would expect the US public to get very little details. Of course.

Of course the Pentagon and White House are not going to report what they know or plan to do.

Duh!!

The fact that they have done nothing at this point is concerning.
They have known about this balloon for days, if not weeks. It is a fricking spy balloon.
Even the pentagon spokesperson said it was a violation of our airspace and a violation of international law.

And, this administration's response is "Meh. Let 'er fly."

What a ridiculously weak response.

THEY ARE TAKING THE ADVICE OF THE PENTAGON

Of course they are! Lol. Democrats like doing nothing to stop China from doing anything they want to do.

It was less than 10 years ago that they hacked in and took all of our personal information...most Fed agencies. They had to pay for identity theft monitoring for all of us because they took everything--social security #s, personal info, etc. My entire agency and many others were hacked by them.

I remember that. High time to wean off the China teat.

[Anonymous]

I have not read this thread. Just came here to say that I fail to understand why we aren't capturing this "balloon" and taking it apart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have not read this thread. Just came here to say that I fail to understand why we aren't capturing this "balloon" and taking it apart.

For one thing, there’s intelligence value in following it to understand what China’s intelligence priorities (and intelligence gaps) are.