5⃣ stories you need to know: The U.S. said it is monitoring a suspected Chinese spy balloon spotted above Montana state, air raid alerts sounded across Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hosted EU leaders, fraud trial over Elon Musk's 2018 tweets draws to a close, and more pic.twitter.com/WIgQTPb95n
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 3, 2023
Fighter jets were mobilized, but military leaders advised President Joe Biden against shooting the balloon out of the sky for fear debris could pose a safety threat, advice Biden accepted, U.S. officials said 2/5 pic.twitter.com/OTNg112kQl
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 3, 2023
BREAKING: Secretary of State Antony Blinken will postpone his high-stakes weekend trip to China. This follows the discovery of a high-altitude Chinese balloon flying over sensitive sites in the western U.S. https://t.co/AlSlo1gfc8
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 3, 2023
#UPDATE US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday scrapped a rare trip to Beijing aimed at easing escalating tensions between the two global powers, after the Pentagon said that China sent a spy balloon over the United States ▶️ https://t.co/3fsOi3oenr pic.twitter.com/MpEAoSdAgI
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 3, 2023
UN envoy: Israel and Palestinian violence at critical point https://t.co/KsYkNcUK0a
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 3, 2023
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed held his first face-to-face meeting with Tigrayan leaders since a peace deal was agreed last year, officials and state media said https://t.co/pWsVlkIkBy pic.twitter.com/zbbKyyNvmz
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 3, 2023
Several European countries, including Germany, temporarily shut their consulates in Istanbul this week, citing security concerns.
— DW News (@dwnews) February 3, 2023
Turkey has accused them of waging "psychological warfare." https://t.co/5TL1pYE9l3
Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press showed damage done to what Iran describes as a military workshop targeted by Israeli drones, the latest such assault amid a shadow war between the two countries. https://t.co/6nZBZ35KyI
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 3, 2023
"Mysterious 'explosion in the sky' above Billings Montana where Chinese spy balloon was spotted infiltrating U.S airspace - as residents report seeing jet zoom by"
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My guess is they shot the balloon down. they calculated wind drift and decided that it would fall on farmland. Not 100% sure because I though it had already drifted form Montana to Missouri.
The other option was to look weak.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11712125/Explosion-sky-Billings-Montana-Chinese-balloon-spotted-U-S-airspace.html
If the Balloon falls on a farmhouse at most 2 to 4 people could be killed. If you look weak millions could die.
Falls on a small tow it might hit 4 to 6 houses.
A) If they know about where it would land they can evacuate the area.
ReplyDeleteb) I have been to a warzone. I could have avoided it. the dentist would have de9uwn graded my dental status if I but asked.
So shove it buddy.
Some people have opined that shooting down the balloons would be a bad idea because they might have nuclear power source. maybe cesium for heat/electricity
ReplyDeleteIf they could have nuclear power, why not an EMP?
Just how stupid is Milley?