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U.S. tracked China spy balloon from launch on Hainan Island along unusual path
- stevespang 4y ago[dead]
- hunglee2 4y agowrapped around the standard 'China bad' rhetoric is quiet confirmation that it was indeed likely accidentally blown off course, as it is indeed, a weather balloon. The entire episode, including the subsequent shooting down of 3 more definitely benign balloons, is an example of media driving policy - the Pentagon very early on established no threat, until sensationalism forced Biden to 'be strong on China'
- King-Aaron 4y ago> the standard 'China bad' rhetoric You have to keep in mind that from a geopolitical standpoint, China is bad.
- thesuperbigfrog 4y ago>> quiet confirmation that it was indeed likely accidentally blown off course, as it is indeed, a weather balloon. "So the balloon assessment was up to 200 feet tall for the actual balloon. The payload itself, I would categorize that as a jet airliner type of size, maybe a regional jet such as a [Embraer] ERJ or something like that," VanHerck explained. "Probably weighed in excess of a couple thousand pounds." Source: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/our-first-look-chinese-spy-balloon-debris-being-recovered https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/our-first-look-chinese... That's quite a payload for a weather balloon. The weather balloon also just happened to pass over multiple sensitive defense sites: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/map-close-chinese-spy-balloon-flew-us-nuclear-arsenal-rcna69376 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/map-close... Such a misfortunate misunderstanding.
- demarq 4y agoSpot on. I’m not an Elon fan but the media is working overtime to prove him right on every point. With such a strong stance on “misinformation” you’d think they’d have a second thought at suggesting we’re being visited by aliens. But alas clicks and alarm over reason.