BREAKING: China responds to US claims that it is flying a spy balloon over Montana.

Not enough muzzle velocity to overcome gravity and air resistance. No way it would make it that high. Surface to air or air to air missiles only is what I would think.

... but several guys are talking about popping it with a regular Joe gun, not necessarily a military grade weapon.

That is why I am curious.

I shoot, but am not a deep enough study of such to know what a thin atmosphere would do to the range of a hunting round.

They just said the size of the payload Nuke?

EMP DEVICE ONBOARD

Which would mean an EMP

Thank you for the answer.

Was wondering if there is an validity that some yahoo might shoot this thing down, and have it land somewhere people may be located.

LOL. Yeah, those people are clueless. No gun could even come close to that altitude

12 miles only leaves lasers and AA an option, unless its from a airplane.

same with hillary

https://imgur.com/E5ebLyu

Good point.

Just as the Soviets were.

Not calling it a nothingburger, but it's actual threat level is minimal as long as it's not a warhead. Cams/radios.... we know it's up there so anything it's observing isn't anything satellites don't record daily as it is.
Why it hasn't already been brought down is beyond me, also VERY suspicious that China didn't give warning that their "weather baloon" would be entering our air space long before it got so far inland. They knew it's course and kept mum until called out on the fact. Something is indeed fishy about it, but as for it being an actual threat to the US population... It'd damn near have to be a nuke to be any major threat.

My vote is to send up our own steerable baloon to intercept and capture the device for analysis.

orrrr

its possibrrrre to dear wit da barroon

A steerable and loitering balloon with an advanced and persistent emp device would decapitate the US nuclear response? If we cannot shot it down and it is steering into an optimum location…for triggering?

We have no idea of the equipment…our military is totally inept!

The Art of War is a Chinese specialty!

Great ww3 book!

LASER, burn a hole in it.

What a joke the pentaogn admits it's a spy balloon and we are monitoring the situation!! No threat though and it can maneuver.ffs but we told china it is naughty. something is going to pop soon!


Last Edited by the deplorable ar-15 nut on 02/03/2023 12:21 PM

yup...

Are they afraid to shoot it down because it might be a nuke or containing a virus?

Just transfer a million bucks to China and write "Sry dude its war times"

Is sort of sounds like the Pentagon is working with the Chi Coms...

If so…how did “accidentally” wander over us?

Public opinion matters more than standing armies...

Maybe the moon had a baby?

Then go toss their dang salad bro- isn't that what G-men do?

How is it we got FBI digging through the sitting POTUS' personal home and there are actual, acknowledged Chinese 'police stations' operating with impunity, within in the COUNS?!

Sum ting wong-

Did not think so.

Keyboard warriors.

"stadium"= internet....

..."they have been here for a long long time!"....
(go on)

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The balloon identifies as It

Continue with the updates

Last Edited by ondrunn on 02/03/2023 12:25 PM