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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 4, 2023 19:52:08 GMT
NBC/MSNBC confirming it is down!!
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Post by janniepea on Feb 4, 2023 19:54:07 GMT
It was just shot down by US military over the Atlantic Ocean
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Post by onelasttime on Feb 4, 2023 20:02:31 GMT
It’s down…
From NPR.
”The U.S. military downed a Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast Saturday afternoon, the Associated Press reports.
The reported downing came shortly after the Federal Aviation Administration said it had "paused departures from and arrivals to" three East Coast airports "to support the Department of Defense in a national security effort."
President Biden promised to "take care of" the Chinese spy balloon that has been flying over the United States in recent days.”
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Post by onelasttime on Feb 4, 2023 20:04:45 GMT
The video shows it coming down…
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Post by onelasttime on Feb 4, 2023 20:07:24 GMT
Now we know why they let the balloon drift across the country because they planned on taking out over the ocean. I suspect that was always the plan.
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Post by onelasttime on Feb 4, 2023 20:20:56 GMT
So I read this tweet and at first thought he is predicting what Fox News will report tonight. But decided to check and see what they were reporting.
Sure enough they dragged this old guy who was some retired officer who babbled on a bit about what he did and then said waiting until it was over the ocean was a sign of weakness. He also rambled on that whatever data the balloon collected had already been sent back to China. I guess he’s forgetting about the spy satellites that China has orbiting across the US just like our spy satellites are orbiting over China and I suspect Russia among other countries.
I also suspect China had another reason for sending out this balloons other than gathering data.
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Post by onelasttime on Feb 4, 2023 20:22:31 GMT
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 4, 2023 20:24:44 GMT
Weak to wait. Provoking China by taking it down..
Make up your mind FOX!
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Post by katlady on Feb 4, 2023 20:28:49 GMT
Three airports North and South Carolina closed. AP: US considering plan to shoot balloon down over Atlantic. Are we allowed to shoot down something that is not in US airspace? Are there parts of the Atlantic that are still in our airspace? ETA - I do wonder what China is up to. It is not like they don’t have spy planes or satellites, like the US does too. The news just answered my question. It was shot down within 12 nautical miles off the coast, which is still US airspace. So that avoided another potential international incident. Also, the balloon is floating down, taking a long time. This suggests it did not have a heavy payload.
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Post by Just T on Feb 4, 2023 20:35:16 GMT
So I read this tweet and at first thought he is predicting what Fox News will report tonight. But decided to check and see what they were reporting. Sure enough they dragged this old guy who was some retired officer who babbled on a bit about what he did and then said waiting until it was over the ocean was a sign of weakness. He also rambled on that whatever data the balloon collected had already been sent back to China. I guess he’s forgetting about the spy satellites that China has orbiting across the US just like our spy satellites are orbiting over China and I suspect Russia among other countries. I also suspect China had another reason for sending out this balloons other than gathering data. OMFG I wonder what all my Republican family members will say on FB now? Those who for the past day have been talking about Biden being in cahoots with China, and that's why he told the US military "to stand down" while they moan and bitch about what a loser president he is. I almost don't even want to go look at what they are saying now, but I have zero willpower, so I will. LOL
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Post by onelasttime on Feb 4, 2023 20:44:24 GMT
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Post by used2scrap on Feb 4, 2023 20:54:42 GMT
Are we allowed to shoot down something that is not in US airspace? Are there parts of the Atlantic that are still in our airspace? ETA - I do wonder what China is up to. It is not like they don’t have spy planes or satellites, like the US does too. The news just answered my question. It was shot down within 12 nautical miles off the coast, which is still US airspace. So that avoided another potential international incident. Also, the balloon is floating down, taking a long time. This suggests it did not have a heavy payload. From one video I saw it looked like the payload was separated from the balloon.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2023 21:08:52 GMT
I will be honest that I have not been watching all that closely the last couple of days. DH called me to come see the TV because they were reporting out of Charlotte, where we used to live. So I listened how they were talking about the path it took. I don't talk much about my past military service. I was in the USAF, stationed at a SAC base in the Dakotas. So they said they first picked up this spy balloon over the Aleutian Islands...where we have an AF base. Then it was flying over Montana...where almost all of our ICBMs are. Then finally flying over the Carolinas where there are many, many important bases there. Just a lot of things that make me go hmmmmm.
Biden was damned either way. If it wasn't shot down sooner, he was damned. Shot it down and killed people, damned. I am willing to put my faith in the fact that the DoD knows A LOT more than the general public and there are reasons that it was not shot down sooner.
Not sure where this whole thing is going to go next.
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Post by onelasttime on Feb 4, 2023 21:15:33 GMT
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Post by Scrapper100 on Feb 4, 2023 22:01:42 GMT
I will be honest that I have not been watching all that closely the last couple of days. DH called me to come see the TV because they were reporting out of Charlotte, where we used to live. So I listened how they were talking about the path it took. I don't talk much about my past military service. I was in the USAF, stationed at a SAC base in the Dakotas. So they said they first picked up this spy balloon over the Aleutian Islands...where we have an AF base. Then it was flying over Montana...where almost all of our ICBMs are. Then finally flying over the Carolinas where there are many, many important bases there. Just a lot of things that make me go hmmmmm. Biden was damned either way. If it wasn't shot down sooner, he was damned. Shot it down and killed people, damned. I am willing to put my faith in the fact that the DoD knows A LOT more than the general public and there are reasons that it was not shot down sooner. Not sure where this whole thing is going to go next. Honestly not surprising at all that they wanted a closer look at those especially since there is talk of war in few years.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 4, 2023 22:12:34 GMT
They are all saying that China has very sophisticated satellites that can view far more then balloons.
Yesterday it was visible in Missouri and Nebraska(I think) late in the afternoon..
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Post by janeliz on Feb 4, 2023 22:25:51 GMT
We could see it from our yard today. My entire Facebook feed this afternoon is just my fellow South Carolinians sharing their photos of a perfect blue sky with a small white dot.
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Post by onelasttime on Feb 4, 2023 22:56:39 GMT
If this is true that would be kind of neat…
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Post by morecowbell on Feb 4, 2023 23:02:25 GMT
So I read this tweet and at first thought he is predicting what Fox News will report tonight. But decided to check and see what they were reporting. Sure enough they dragged this old guy who was some retired officer who babbled on a bit about what he did and then said waiting until it was over the ocean was a sign of weakness. He also rambled on that whatever data the balloon collected had already been sent back to China. I guess he’s forgetting about the spy satellites that China has orbiting across the US just like our spy satellites are orbiting over China and I suspect Russia among other countries. I also suspect China had another reason for sending out this balloons other than gathering data. OMFG I wonder what all my Republican family members will say on FB now? Those who for the past day have been talking about Biden being in cahoots with China, and that's why he told the US military "to stand down" while they moan and bitch about what a loser president he is. I almost don't even want to go look at what they are saying now, but I have zero willpower, so I will. LOL OMFG That isn't an actual headline.
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Post by onelasttime on Feb 4, 2023 23:45:42 GMT
It was pointed out in earlier post on this thread that the DOD knows more then I do. That is true and it’s true the DOD knows way more then this guy. 😀
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Post by onelasttime on Feb 4, 2023 23:50:20 GMT
Apparently there were two other balloons that drifted across the country during dumpster don’s time. If true apparently the trump administration didn’t do anything about it.
So if dumpster don ordered it shot down over the country who would they have blamed for the potential damage from falling debris? My guess the far left.
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Post by onelasttime on Feb 5, 2023 0:20:09 GMT
I have absolutely no doubt if the US sent a spy balloon over China they would shoot it down forthwith.
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Post by onelasttime on Feb 5, 2023 0:43:52 GMT
Another ridiculous 🤡 aka Republicans giving his thoughts…
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 5, 2023 1:00:09 GMT
Apparently there were two other balloons that drifted across the country during dumpster don’s time. If true apparently the trump administration didn’t do anything about it. So if dumpster don ordered it shot down over the country who would they have blamed for the potential damage from falling debris? My guess the far left. Such wise words from the right to life party. And their constituents keep voting for their own deaths...
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Post by onelasttime on Feb 5, 2023 1:05:51 GMT
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 5, 2023 1:15:56 GMT
Sorry MTG you missed the news... Your great leader let THEM fly over us!!!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 5, 2023 1:23:02 GMT
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Post by onelasttime on Feb 5, 2023 3:06:58 GMT
I wonder if MTG read this statement from US Department of the Defense?
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Post by onelasttime on Feb 5, 2023 4:26:30 GMT
Ok. 😀
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Post by onelasttime on Feb 5, 2023 5:51:43 GMT
I guess he didn’t read the Defense Department memo where it stated three such balloons flew across this country during dumpster don’s administration.
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