China balloon.

by **DWags** 2023-02-04, 10:06

Their satellites parked at low level orbit gather way more intel daily. Not worried. But we should shoot it down.

by **Trapper Gus** 2023-02-04, 10:10

DWags wrote:Their satellites parked at low level orbit gather way more intel daily. Not worried. But we should shoot it down.

Don't know for sure how high it is, but if it is up where it should be, around 80,000 feet, it is pretty hard to get anything that high.

Most rational discussions about it are suggesting that it is likely an errant weather balloon that wasn't properly inflated, as weather balloons when properly inflated will rise up into the 100,000 feet level or so and then burst. The batteries for the instrument package will be dead by now.

by **kingstonlake** 2023-02-04, 10:14

My little community FB page is all up in arms. Posting pictures of eagles that are the symbol of America and freedom and how it needs to be shot down and shows how weak Biden is.

I’m of the opinion you let it gather whatever it wants, retrieve it intact reverse engineer it (probably not needed), and learn everything you can from it and potentially Trojan horse the whole intelligence/engineering behind it

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2023-02-04, 10:18

I heard Hunter Biden was in it sprinkling CRT dust on our children.

by **Turtleneck** 2023-02-04, 11:08

Don't look up.

by **Turtleneck** 2023-02-04, 11:09

DWags wrote:Their satellites parked at low level orbit gather way more intel daily. Not worried. But we should shoot it down.

Not that it is loaded with a secret biological weapon because it's not, but what if it was loaded with a secret biological weapon?

by **GRR Spartan** 2023-02-04, 11:21

Take TikTok off your phone

by **NigelUno** 2023-02-04, 11:23

Maybe we'll take it out once it's over the Atlantic.

by TravelinMan 2023-02-04, 11:51

I'm impressed that even the traditionally liberal leaning media is universally referring to it as a "Chinese Spy Balloon" and demanding answers as to why action hasn't been taken against it.

Is this what Sputnik was like, Trapper?

by **Rocinante** 2023-02-04, 12:13

I mean if it is a spy balloon it’s failing terribly at its job.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2023-02-04, 12:18

I don’t know why I know about the spy balloon. Why did they tell me about this. Do they want me to show it my ass? I’m going to show it my ass.

by TravelinMan 2023-02-04, 12:29

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:I don’t know why I know about the spy balloon. Why did they tell me about this. Do they want me to show it my ass? I’m going to show it my ass.

That’ll be -5 Social Credit System points.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2023-02-04, 13:58

Lemme guess...

Right wing knuckle-draggers and the mainstream media are outraged about whatever Biden is or isn't doing about it?

by **Trapper Gus** 2023-02-04, 13:59

TravelinMan wrote:I'm impressed that even the traditionally liberal leaning media is universally referring to it as a "Chinese Spy Balloon" and demanding answers as to why action hasn't been taken against it.

Is this what Sputnik was like, Trapper?

Sputnik was a shock but no one was worried about spying or weapons. We went outside at night to watch it go over.

by **Turtleneck** 2023-02-04, 14:37

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:I don’t know why I know about the spy balloon. Why did they tell me about this. Do they want me to show it my ass? I’m going to show it my ass.

The only more American thing you could do is get drunk and shoot at it.

by TravelinMan 2023-02-04, 14:41

They did it. They shot it down. This should be interesting.

by **NigelUno** 2023-02-04, 14:46

NigelUno wrote:Maybe we'll take it out once it's over the Atlantic.

People read this board.

by **kingstonlake** 2023-02-04, 14:53

NigelUno wrote:
NigelUno wrote:Maybe we'll take it out once it's over the Atlantic.

People read this board.

People read twitter.

by **Rocinante** 2023-02-04, 15:05

Seems like they handled it about as well as they could. Amazing what thoughtful preparation and cools heads can accomplish without incident.

by **kingstonlake** 2023-02-04, 15:22

The whole thing was over inflated

by **kingstonlake** 2023-02-04, 16:07

It died like a dog.

I hope biden gets enough credit and praise for it to sufficiently soothe his ego.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2023-02-04, 17:20

Right wing knuckle-draggers: "Biden is so weak, he refuses to shoot it down"! China balloon. 1550444538

Right wing knuckle-draggers: "oh my god! I can't believe Biden shot it down! What was he thinking"?!? China balloon. 1550444538

by AvgMSUJoe 2023-02-04, 18:23

Oops wrong thread.

by **Trapper Gus** 2023-02-05, 08:48

Robert J Sakimano wrote:Lemme guess...

Right wing knuckle-draggers and the mainstream media are outraged about whatever Biden is or isn't doing about it?

Today, about 6 miles off the South Carolina coast, a pilot flying a U.S. Air Force F-22 fighter jet fired a missile to shoot down what appears to have been a Chinese spy balloon that has flown above the U.S. for the last four days. Such intelligence balloons are not unusual—there were at least three during the Trump administration and one before in the Biden administration, but they were not visible to the public—and U.S. defense officials are accustomed to dealing with them. They “took immediate steps to protect against the balloon’s collection of sensitive information, mitigating its intelligence value.”

by **Jake from State Farm** 2023-02-05, 09:09

Trapper Gus wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote:Lemme guess...

Right wing knuckle-draggers and the mainstream media are outraged about whatever Biden is or isn't doing about it?

Today, about 6 miles off the South Carolina coast, a pilot flying a U.S. Air Force F-22 fighter jet fired a missile to shoot down what appears to have been a Chinese spy balloon that has flown above the U.S. for the last four days. Such intelligence balloons are not unusual—there were at least three during the Trump administration and one before in the Biden administration, but they were not visible to the public—and U.S. defense officials are accustomed to dealing with them. They “took immediate steps to protect against the balloon’s collection of sensitive information, mitigating its intelligence value.”

Trump left them alone because he didn't want to piss off the Chinese and have them call in his loans.

by **Turtleneck** 2023-02-05, 10:14

As Twitter says, the balloon floated around and found out.

Also, this whole mess really showed how much Americans struggle to spell balloon correctly, especially the GOP.

by **NigelUno** 2023-02-12, 16:55

Shot something down over Lake Huron.

Nordic? You want to go check it out for us?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/02/12/us-military-shoots-down-another-flying-object-over-lake-huron/?sh=4714737f11f4

by **NigelUno** 2023-02-12, 17:03

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by **Floyd Robertson** 2023-02-12, 17:24

This is getting to be like whack-a-balloon.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2023-02-12, 18:03

Lemme guess...

Right wing knuckle-draggers and the mainstream media are outraged about whatever Biden is or isn't doing about it?

by AvgMSUJoe 2023-02-12, 18:29

So "whatever" started over Lake Michigan, then got downed over Huron? Was it like by the bridge?

Was it "up north" or in the saginaw bay?

by AvgMSUJoe 2023-02-12, 18:32

Seriously, I winder if this shit was happening all along and no one knew it. Biden decided to announce everything cause of the balloon.

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