Big Blitz Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDHillFan Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Further proof of how respected and feared America is under the leadership of President Brandon. I wouldn’t want to be that summoned Chinese diplomat right now!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Callahan Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 This story is nuts. And its looking like it went through alaska and Canada to get to Montana. And out government is like, its all good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 14 minutes ago, Chris farley said: This story is nuts. And its looking like it went through alaska and Canada to get to Montana. You can't control the navigation of these things once they're launched. They travel with the wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeBills Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 29 minutes ago, sherpa said: You can't control the navigation of these things once they're launched. They travel with the wind. Um, from CNN: “An advantage of balloons is that they can be steered using onboard computers to take advantage of winds and they can go up and down to a limited degree. This means they can loiter to a limited extent. “A satellite can’t loiter and so many are needed to criss-cross an area of interest to maintain surveillance,” he said. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Between November 1944 and April 1945, the Japanese launched about 9,300 balloons from sites on Honshu, of which about 300 were found or observed in the U.S., with some in Canada and Mexico.[1] The balloons traveled on high-altitude and high-speed currents over the Pacific Ocean, today known as the jet stream, and used a sophisticated ballast system to control altitude on their three-day flight. Despite high hopes for the operation, the bombs were largely ineffective due to damp conditions and malfunctions, causing only minor damage and six deaths (from a single civilian incident in Oregon in May 1945). The Fu-Go balloon bomb was the first weapon to possess intercontinental range, with its flights being the longest-ranged attacks in the history of warfare at the time.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Can't they just use Google maps? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 22 minutes ago, OrangeBills said: Um, from CNN: “An advantage of balloons is that they can be steered using onboard computers to take advantage of winds and they can go up and down to a limited degree. This means they can loiter to a limited extent. “A satellite can’t loiter and so many are needed to criss-cross an area of interest to maintain surveillance,” he said. An extremely limited extent, and the minute the US got concerned about their loitering or intel capability they would be dealt with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, Tiberius said: Wonderful! That settles it then. They were actually intending to do surveillance on their wet markets. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 10 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said: Wonderful! That settles it then. They were actually intending to do surveillance on their wet markets. Every once in a while the Chinese do something really ridiculous. Having a Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman state that they had no intention of violating Us airspace when there are thousands of people looking at the exact, real time direct violation, is right up their alley. The winds aloft in the middle of winter are the most predictable of the entire year. If you launch this thing west of the Aleutian Islands, it sure as hell is going to violate US and Canadian airspace. Admittedly, this thing is in the stratosphere where the winds are much lighter than at air travel routes, but you're guaranteed the thing is going east. More interesting would be to know if it is transmitting, and what. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 “It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes. Affected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course. The Chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the airship into US airspace due to force majeure,” the spokesperson said in a statement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 I’m betting that thing was headed directly for Orchard Park in hopes of uncovering some fresh new images of the Bills proposed stadium…which we all know is an extremely tightly kept national secret! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Callahan Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Hopefully we are hacking whatever its transmitting. Wonder if we do similar over China Nuke sites? like those Silo farms they have been building. https://fas.org/blogs/security/2021/11/a-closer-look-at-chinas-missile-silo-construction/ https://fas.org/blogs/security/2021/07/china-is-building-a-second-nuclear-missile-silo-field/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/06/30/china-nuclear-weapons-silos-arms-control/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSOL Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Tiberius said: “It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes. Affected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course. The Chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the airship into US airspace due to force majeure,” the spokesperson said in a statement. And if you believe that I have a Huawei router to sell you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All_Pro_Bills Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, TSOL said: And if you believe that I have a Huawei router to sell you. This administration is a complete joke. Our airspace has been violated. Just shoot it down. Recover the wreckage and determine its purpose. https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-says-hell-shoot-down-chinese-spy-balloon-as-soon-as-hes-done-letting-it-spy Edited February 3, 2023 by All_Pro_Bills 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 (edited) It's over Montana , not NJ. Shoot it down and nothing will get damaged. Edited February 3, 2023 by Wacka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSOL Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 19 minutes ago, All_Pro_Bills said: This administration is a complete joke. Our airspace has been violated. Just shoot it down. Recover the wreckage and determine its purpose. https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-says-hell-shoot-down-chinese-spy-balloon-as-soon-as-hes-done-letting-it-spy It's almost as if this administration is trying to bury us. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blitz Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 Why would we postpone this I thought China said it was a weather balloon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Callahan Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 29 minutes ago, All_Pro_Bills said: This administration is a complete joke. Our airspace has been violated. Just shoot it down. Recover the wreckage and determine its purpose. https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-says-hell-shoot-down-chinese-spy-balloon-as-soon-as-hes-done-letting-it-spy Facts. we look so weak right now. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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