A balloon flies in the sky over Billings, Montana, February 1, 2023 in this picture obtained from social media. Chase Doak/via REUTERS
New York Times: China Sends Spy Balloons Over Military Sites Worldwide, U.S. Officials Say
WASHINGTON — American intelligence agencies have assessed that China’s spy balloon program is part of a global surveillance effort that is designed to collect information on the military capabilities of countries around the world, according to three American officials.
The balloon flights, some officials believe, are part of an effort by China to hone its ability to gather data about American military bases — in which it is most interested — as well as those of other nations in the event of a conflict or rising tensions.
The balloons have some advantages over the satellites that orbit the earth in regular patterns, U.S. officials say. They fly closer to earth and drift with wind patterns, which are not as predictable to militaries and intelligence agencies as the fixed orbits of satellites, and they can evade radar. They can also hover over areas while satellites are generally in constant motion. Simple cameras on balloons can produce clearer images than those on orbital satellites, and other surveillance equipment can pick up signals that do not reach the altitude of satellites.
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WNU Editor: The US continues to retrieve fragments from the Chinese balloon that was shot down on Sunday(see video below):
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https://youtu.be/aUAe35IunXc
The balloon was hit by a special missile, which tells you the US was ready for this eventuality. The missiles minimized damage to the balloon and dropped it slower.
The planes going after the balloon were special I think they and special call signs.
I do not know why they did not use a bungee cord or a snake.
You can grab low flying balloons with a Fulton surface-to-air recovery system. High altitude would be much harder if not impossible. However Former Sec Def Esper said they should have captured the balloon. Esper is one smart cookie. Do not know what he was talking about. I could see using something like a snake or a bungee cord, a bolo. I could also see that being dangerous for the plane.
They said obviously that the see was a softer landing than land. But then there is the salt water.
WABC had a lot to say on the subject at 3PM.
In related news now there are less UFOs. Some have been drones and others have been balloons. So how many UFOs sightings are left?
If Biden has any balls, he will de-pant China and simply publish every bit of technology this balloon carried. Go over it with a fine tooth comb, then dump it on the street in front of the Chinese embassy.
old news
people who troll like 6:40 should be put in stocks on the public square even if they are russian
The balloon made many people gay.
Those inscrutable yellow hordes are no-goodniks.
Need to know where to put the ICBM’s around the world simultaneously.
8:30 TBH EVERYTHING MAKES YOU GAY. The wind blows and 8:30 is gay. the sin sets and 8:30 becomes hyper gay. a cloud passes overhead not only is 8:30 gay, but they looks for a farm
Hyped up news for Americans to consume at home, the rest of the world no one cares.
Only Americans believes in their own intel and government.
It is US!A who blew up Nord Stream II, sources said.
9:15 PM
It certainly appears that is the case.
Anyone who wants us to move on from the spy balloons by calling it ls news is a propagandist and should be put in stocks and have rotten vegetable thrown at them.
The USA is the Great Satan, full of lies and it is destroying the world with its filthy degeneracy and greed and lust for power and control. It definitely doesn't care for Americans.
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