fearnot
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Post by fearnot on Feb 3, 2023 19:22:17 GMT -5
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Post by anna on Feb 5, 2023 18:49:17 GMT -5
Everything in the sky can be seen by Nadcom sp, if that was not so we would be in trouble. There was top down tracking data on this thing that was the size of 2 1/2 buses. With that much weigh its altitude lowered.
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Post by fearnot on Feb 6, 2023 12:37:18 GMT -5
The thing is NORAD tracked this spy balloon from the moment it left China....when it was 12 miles over the ocean in Alaska we could have shot it down, or when it was over Alaska....maybe it might have hit a polar bear?
But no...it flew over a lot of military bases...sure the Chinese have satellites but such a balloon can get waaaaay better info...better photos, etc etc.
If we sent such a balloon over China, they would have shot that puppy down before you could blink
Remember The dismantled U.S. EP-3spy plane held on China's Hainan Island since April 2001 thru July? And China held the 24-member EP-3 crew for 11 days And we can't even do anything about their spy balloon.... that should tell China something!
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Post by anna on Feb 7, 2023 6:59:05 GMT -5
Because of politics, though there was a standing order to engage if someone would have shot that thing down prematurely in the Pacific people would have said why did the US do that to China, using that as a political ploy against whoever is in office. They waited until it got out to sea and shot it down in the water, so no one got hurt like would have been possible it they shot it down over land.
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Post by fearnot on Feb 7, 2023 13:54:23 GMT -5
I agree Anna that politics was a motivation.... However, it also made a statement that the USA is too weak, to shoot down a balloon....
Do we think China would have been worried about shooting down a USA balloon if we sent one over to China, or how about Russia, North Korea etc. ?
It was very unlikely anyone would have gotten hurt if shot down over Montana... maybe a cow 'might' have gotten hit!
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Post by anna on Feb 7, 2023 20:13:12 GMT -5
Yes it does, I was talking to a man at Walmart while waiting in line at the deli and I said so much change and he said where would we be without change, some change is good and some change is not good. He bought those cream cheese hot peppers, I have never tried them because Ron does not even like mild peppers, I like hot peppers, I will have to try those for myself, oh off subject lol
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