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| Chinese balloon part of vast aerial surveillance program, U.S. says |
| 2023-02-08 |
| [WaPo] The U.S. intelligence community has linked the Chinese spy balloon shot down on Saturday to a vast surveillance program run by the People’s Liberation Army, and U.S. officials have begun to brief allies and partners who have been similarly targeted. The surveillance balloon effort, which has operated for several years partly out of Hainan province off China’s south coast, has collected information on military assets in countries and areas of emerging strategic interest to China including Japan, India, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines, according to several U.S. officials, who, like others interviewed for this story, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity. Officials have said these surveillance airships, operated in part by the PLA air force, have been spotted over five continents. "What the Chinese have done is taken an unbelievably old technology, and basically married it with modern communications and observation capabilities" to try to glean intelligence on other nations’ militaries, said one official. "It’s a massive effort." |
| Posted by:Thruter Gloluger6393 |
| #10 Why now? The Dump Joe and the Toe campaign is getting fired up and this is a shakedown run. Just my guess. Setting stage for either Big Mike or Buttgiggles. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2023-02-08 19:57 |
| #9 But why now ??????? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-02-08 17:47 |
| #8 And the spin begins. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-02-08 17:31 |
| #7 ^ But since nothing like that was actually possible, we're back to what is literally in front of us - that no matter where one falls on this issue, the US has just been exposed for the paper tiger we are and we're going to see the consequences of that in the very very near future. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2023-02-08 14:50 |
| #6 If a satellite knows Ike is drinking a gin & tonic, then I should think it's good enough. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-02-08 10:35 |
| #5 Big difference in collector sensitivity between 100,000 ft and 300 miles. That's why Dragon Lady is still around. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-08 09:29 |
| #4 Wait a minute. Big difference in collector sensitivity between 100,000 ft and 300 miles. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-02-08 09:26 |
| #3 Wait a minute. You mean satellites just ain't cracked up to what they used to be? |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-02-08 09:22 |
| #2 #DOD says high altitude balloon over Montana yesterday was a spy balloon from #China. I did a quick run of the #NOAA HYSPLIT model to trace backwards the path of an object. Using 14K meters over Montana yesterday I get the following – Yup Central China!https://t.co/FHiG79f4th pic.twitter.com/DeZLjjkPei — Dan Satterfield (@wildweatherdan) February 2, 2023 |
| Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672 2023-02-08 07:40 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-02-08 07:13 |