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US military shoots down Chinese spy balloon
- andsoitis 4y agoDuplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34657528 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34657528
- corbinhofstra19 4y agooh it happened? celebs like Rob Schneider were tweeting silly things complaining about it not happening
- nateb2022 4y agoMy initial question is why did China not shoot down their own balloon before it made the trans-Pacific flight? If it really wasn't a spy balloon there would definitely be a number of ways they could have prevented it from violating our sovereign airspace.
- simonblack 4y agoThese balloons are disposable. When they get high enough they expand too much and burst. And take themselves out of the sky automatically. (That's the intention, at least.) Maybe a batch of balloons had slightly thicker plastic, or a slightly lower charge of gas, and didn't work as intended. It's really no big deal in the greater scheme of things. Storm in a teacup.
- baybal2 4y ago[dead]
- deafpolygon 4y agoDo we have any concrete proof that it's a "spy balloon" more than just speculation?
- LinuxBender 4y agoOnly senior officials at the pentagon saying it is a spy balloon. [1] No idea if they would disclose how they determined that. [1] - https://youtu.be/e4Hnb3Pqaxg?t=103 https://youtu.be/e4Hnb3Pqaxg?t=103 [video]