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Chinese spy balloon spotted flying over US
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Should have taken it out over a remote area in Montana if it could be done safely.
Whatever the Chinese are seeking to do is not an advantage to us. We've already let them get away with creating a worldwide, lingering very economically devastating pandemic (MOO).
If U.S. infrastructure is threatened, action must be taken. We've already got terrorists (domestic or otherwise) taking down power in widespread areas in at least two states.
The next frontier in economic dominance is here, which puts the freedoms we take for granted in danger.
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Pentagon tracking suspected Chinese spy balloon over the US
The US is tracking a suspected Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon over the continental United States, defense officials said on Thursday, a discovery that risks adding further strain to tense US-China relations.
www.cnn.com
Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said the US government has been tracking the balloon for several days as it made its way over the northern United States, adding it was “traveling at an altitude well above commercial air traffic and does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground.”
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While the balloon’s current flight path carries it over “a number of sensitive sites,” the official said it does not present a significant intelligence gathering risk. The balloon is assessed to have “limited additive value” from an intelligence collection perspective, the official added.
The article goes on to say the US military is taking steps to minimize intelligence gathering by the spy balloons. It sounds like they've known about it for a while and that China has sent these spy balloons over the US before.
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Hmmm.....the Chinese are simply floating a "test balloon"? Sure. Ok.Pentagon tracking suspected Chinese spy balloon over the US
The US is tracking a suspected Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon over the continental United States, defense officials said on Thursday, a discovery that risks adding further strain to tense US-China relations.
Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said the US government has been tracking the balloon for several days as it made its way over the northern United States, adding it was “traveling at an altitude well above commercial air traffic and does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground.”
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While the balloon’s current flight path carries it over “a number of sensitive sites,” the official said it does not present a significant intelligence gathering risk. The balloon is assessed to have “limited additive value” from an intelligence collection perspective, the official added.
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Property damage = possible radioactive payload. Yeah, leave it alone for now.
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China has sent surveillance balloons over the United States in the past. However, this one has lingered in US airspace much longer, the senior defense official said.
"We are taking steps nevertheless to protect against foreign intelligence collection of sensitive information," the official said.
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"China's brazen disregard for US sovereignty is a destabilizing action that must be addressed, and President Biden cannot be silent," current Speaker Kevin McCarthy tweeted Thursday evening.
www.ndtv.com
"We are taking steps nevertheless to protect against foreign intelligence collection of sensitive information," the official said.
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"China's brazen disregard for US sovereignty is a destabilizing action that must be addressed, and President Biden cannot be silent," current Speaker Kevin McCarthy tweeted Thursday evening.
Chinese Spy Balloon Spotted Surveilling Nuclear Weapons Sites, Claims US
The Pentagon said Thursday that it was tracking a Chinese spy balloon flying high over the United States that appeared to be surveilling highly sensitive nuclear weapons sites.
www.ndtv.com
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Or biological warfare agents. Could be full of anthrax, or worse.
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Why has this happened before and we havent heard about it? How often is this occurring? Did this one lose altitude and become too obvious to not report? Why are we allowing this?
Why wasn't it shot down or detected before it got into U.S. airspace? Why isn’t this a big deal?
Why wasn't it shot down or detected before it got into U.S. airspace? Why isn’t this a big deal?
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U.S. readied fighter jets
The senior defence official said the U.S. did get fighter jets, including F-22s, ready to shoot down the balloon if ordered to by the White House.The Pentagon ultimately recommended against it, noting that even as the balloon was over a sparsely populated area of Montana, its size would create a debris field large enough that it could have put people at risk.
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One of the places the balloon was spotted was Montana, which is home to one of the U.S.'s three nuclear missile silo fields at Malmstrom Air Force Base.
FFS!!!
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Could the air force put something over it or attach a cable and tow it to an unpopulated area in MT, and pull it down ?
Imo -- I'd like to know what intelligence the CCP has been gathering !
US is monitoring Chinese spy balloon floating over Montana
A suspected Chinese surveillance balloon has been spotted in the skies above Montana, Pentagon officials confirmed. Joe Biden wanted to shoot it down, but was dissuaded by his military chiefs.
Curious about the "three buses" size ... as in , end to end, or side by side ?
Either way, that's a large device to enter our airspace and go undetected.
Or IF detected, they need to shoot it down and see what the CCP is looking for.
What would China do if we did that on their territory ??
Or even in the waters outside the Chinese coast ?
There was a bit of talk back a few weeks or months ago about China spying on people through the TikTok engine ?
Not sure if that's accurate, though.
I don't view or use Tiktok.
Here's a few links :
TikTok offers to have third-party monitor if China spying on US users: report
The proposed reorganization is part of the ByteDance-owned app’s attempt to convince US lawmakers it is not allowing Beijing to spy on American users.
nypost.com
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In some of the linked articles above, military spokespersons said they had already been tracking it for a few days before it was reported in the news.
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China confirms balloon is theirs, as spokesperson claims it is civilian research airship
The People's Republic of China has confirmed ownership of the suspected spy balloon floating over the Northern United States first seen on Thursday.
The People's Republic of China confirmed Friday that the balloon craft floating over the northern United States is Chinese.
"The airship is from China. It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes," a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson confirmed Friday. "Affected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course."
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China confirms balloon is theirs, as spokesperson claims it is civilian research airship
The People's Republic of China has confirmed ownership of the suspected spy balloon floating over the Northern United States first seen on Thursday.www.foxnews.com
The People's Republic of China confirmed Friday that the balloon craft floating over the northern United States is Chinese.
"The airship is from China. It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes," a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson confirmed Friday. "Affected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course."
And of course we are expected to believe everything the Chinese say…..
This is terribly concerning. And no, not for one second do I believe anything that China says. I'm super disappointed that this spy balloon is hovering above our country. Do you think China would allow the US to do the same?
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As if any in the United States take what they say as fact and truth. These are one of the countries that have taken out family members to stay on the throne or keep them from speaking out.China confirms balloon is theirs, as spokesperson claims it is civilian research airship
The People's Republic of China has confirmed ownership of the suspected spy balloon floating over the Northern United States first seen on Thursday.
The People's Republic of China confirmed Friday that the balloon craft floating over the northern United States is Chinese.
"The airship is from China. It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes," a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson confirmed Friday. "Affected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course."
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