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Top secret Chinese spaceplane is releasing strong signals over North America - months after US shot down China's spy balloon that collected intelligence from military sites
2023-12-22
[DM] A top secret Chinese spaceplane that launched into orbit last week is sending strong signals over North America.

The craft - dubbed Shenlong after a spirit dragon from Chinese mythology - has released six mysterious objects after reaching the Earth's orbit for the third time in three years.

The objects are being tracked by the US Space Force but no details have been released publicly as to what they are or what purpose they serve.

Amateur astronomer Scott Tilley has been tracking the plane and examining the signals they have been emitting.

He told DailyMail.com they appear to be sending the strongest signals while passing over North America.

It comes just 10 months after the US shot down a Chinese spy that could have collected intelligence as it passed over several military sites.
Posted by:Skidmark

#8  Somebody needs to make sure the scuttling charges are ready at TSMC in Taipei on the micro fabs.
Posted by: ed in texas   2023-12-22 21:28  

#7  ^ That's what NBC reported a couple of days ago. So, even the MSM is taking steps to to appear ahead of the curve on this.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2023-12-22 18:21  

#6  The conflict with Taiwan appears to be coming soon. Sometime before Biden leaves office I suspect.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-12-22 16:29  

#5   Imagine EMP devices...

Those would be the six mystery objects the space plane deployed a few days ago.
Posted by: SteveS   2023-12-22 14:28  

#4  Imagine EMP devices...
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2023-12-22 14:08  

#3  "'When the spaceplane passes over me..."

Imagine, if you will, a space-borne RFID reader that can query RFID tags implanted in politicians bought and paid for by the CCP.
Posted by: SteveS   2023-12-22 11:19  

#2  Obviously mapping areas most susceptible to communist rule. To be spared in first strike situation.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-12-22 11:15  

#1  "'When the spaceplane passes over me, it only emits on a certain trajectory of pass that appears to favor a location south to southwest of me."

Why...that would be the California coast.
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-12-22 11:07  

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