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Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: danny clifton] #7790204
02/03/23 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by danny clifton
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Although it can maneuver, it will still travel in the direction it is carried by the jet stream.

Yep. It'll be over southern US in a day or so


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Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: Kansasace2] #7790209
02/03/23 05:51 PM
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Supposedly at 60,000 feet. If you did the flying lawn chair thing you would need some O2 bottles.


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Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: Kansasace2] #7790211
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Anybody know how to track this thing in real time? It's exact location? Supposed to be headed our way. If it gets here before dark, I'll shoot a picture of it as I don't think anything else I have will get high enough.

Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: Kansasace2] #7790214
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Will be curious to see what happens if it starts heading in direction of Whiteman AFB.

Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: Kansasace2] #7790219
02/03/23 06:00 PM
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Would be silly to shoot it down. Capturing it may be a possibility. There isn’t really anything it could see that their satellites couldn’t see better. If it is spying, it’s looking for something other than images. Maybe signals or probing the reaches of our active monitoring? The fact that they apologized for it is stunning. They never apologize for anything. Something is very odd. My guess is a faction in China is trying to provoke us or stall the diplomacy. Maybe with, maybe without the government’s authority.


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Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: bhugo] #7790221
02/03/23 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by bhugo
Would be silly to shoot it down. Capturing it may be a possibility. There isn’t really anything it could see that their satellites couldn’t see better. If it is spying, it’s looking for something other than images. Maybe signals or probing the reaches of our active monitoring? The fact that they apologized for it is stunning. They never apologize for anything. Something is very odd. My guess is a faction in China is trying to provoke us or stall the diplomacy. Maybe with, maybe without the government’s authority.

Yep^^^


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Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: Kansasace2] #7790226
02/03/23 06:07 PM
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Shoot it down!!!

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The whole “our response depends on the type of incursion,,,,,,,” response from Biden.


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Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: Kansasace2] #7790228
02/03/23 06:08 PM
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I assume if it is calling home to momma, we are eavesdropping on the conversation. My guess is if shot down, there is also a self destruct mechanism. Wouldn't be much to discover.

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Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: Kansasace2] #7790229
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Just saw on local news I just went over gateway arch in St.Louis Missouri

Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: bhugo] #7790232
02/03/23 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by bhugo
Would be silly to shoot it down. Capturing it may be a possibility. There isn’t really anything it could see that their satellites couldn’t see better. If it is spying, it’s looking for something other than images. Maybe signals or probing the reaches of our active monitoring? The fact that they apologized for it is stunning. They never apologize for anything. Something is very odd. My guess is a faction in China is trying to provoke us or stall the diplomacy. Maybe with, maybe without the government’s authority.


Right..
It's probably just. SomeYougGuy trying to be a Chinese Sheldon Cooper..


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Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: Macthediver] #7790235
02/03/23 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Macthediver
Originally Posted by bhugo
Would be silly to shoot it down. Capturing it may be a possibility. There isn’t really anything it could see that their satellites couldn’t see better. If it is spying, it’s looking for something other than images. Maybe signals or probing the reaches of our active monitoring? The fact that they apologized for it is stunning. They never apologize for anything. Something is very odd. My guess is a faction in China is trying to provoke us or stall the diplomacy. Maybe with, maybe without the government’s authority.


Right..
It's probably just. SomeYougGuy trying to be a Chinese Sheldon Cooper..


Mac


I don’t remember them launching international spy balloons on the Big Bang theory…


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Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: Kansasace2] #7790236
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It would silly to let a Chinese balloon to fly across our airspace!!! As far as knowing what it can see or do I doubt anyone on this thread has the slightest idea. It didn't get here by accident nor without a reason which is reason enough to bring it down in my opinion and make it perfectly clear to China it isn't going happen again.

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Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: Kansasace2] #7790238
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Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: Kansasace2] #7790240
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Shoot it down then tell Xi the next shot goes down his chimney.


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Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: Kansasace2] #7790244
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Weather it's shot down or not, that thing should be on the ground and in the possesion of the U,.S. There is absolutely no excuse for just letting it do its thing.

Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: Boco] #7790258
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Originally Posted by Boco
Just read an article-norad says more are on the way.

Why didn't you pop it when it floated over your place? laugh


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Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: Yes sir] #7790262
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Originally Posted by Yes sir
It would silly to let a Chinese balloon to fly across our airspace!!! As far as knowing what it can see or do I doubt anyone on this thread has the slightest idea. It didn't get here by accident nor without a reason which is reason enough to bring it down in my opinion and make it perfectly clear to China it isn't going happen again.

That probably would happen if we had a President that had any common sense and a set and wasn't on China's payroll


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Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: Kansasace2] #7790268
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Anyone know the international ceiling on air space?? There must surely be one? Are all the satellites I see when I'm sitting campfire ours? Do we shoot down any that we don't know what they are?


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Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: Kansasace2] #7790269
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Com'on man. Look....look....there ain't no way the Chinese flew this thing into US air space on purpose. The stories, well legends actually, have been told world wide. Ain't no one, Chinese, Russian, or whatever gonna risk getting crossways with "The Big Guy". He can get you fired like a Ukrainian Prosecutor, or worse, you could end up like that poor old Cornpop fella.....and thats a fact!

Re: Chinese spy ballon [Re: danny clifton] #7790281
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Somebody just shoot the dang thing already! All you guys out there that claim your creedmores can shoot across twelve counties and two time zones shouldn’t have any trouble at all punching holes in that thing.
I’m tired of hearing about the thing. Those commies don’t do ANYTHING without an intent or reason.
Keep that idiot Blinkens trip over there next week on schedule and have him take a few pieces to give back, with a crap eating grin.

Any of you Creedmore commandos that do poke your head out the window and get a few rounds thru that slantilly sewn blimp, get some pics when it comes down or it didn’t happen.

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