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It is likely phoning home and they've intercepted the transmissions and/or emissions (active radar/sonar/laser scans from the device). IMO easier to shroud it (
by giardini 4y ago
It is likely phoning home and they've intercepted the transmissions and/or emissions (active radar/sonar/laser scans from the device). IMO easier to shroud it (drop a net/mylar sheet on it) and bring it down slowly in some podunk part of the US.
- neom 4y agoScanning/Detection would explain why it needs proximity to land, it doesn't make a lot of sense that it's taking picture. You'd think though... if China wanted to scan/detect in the US at low altitude, they'd throw something in the back of an Air China flight, or just... drive near the site with a vehicle. A lot of things about it being a surveillance system don't really add up imo. re: shooting it "We know that large balloons are hard to shoot down from previous experience. In 1998 a rogue Canadian weather balloon drifted towards Russian airspace. Fighter jets from Canada, Norway and Sweden attempted to bring it down without success. Two Canadian air force CF-18 fighters hit the balloon with more than 1,000 rounds of 20mm cannon fire off the coast of Newfoundland, riddling it with holes. This was not enough to let a significant amount of gas out, and the balloon continued drifting."