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It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Chinese Spy Balloon... Peter Zeihan
2023-02-13
Unfortunately for the Chinese, their balloon didn't make it in time for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade...however, it's made a much bigger splash than the rest of this year's balloons.

Now I'm no balloon expert, but it seems to me that a "spy balloon" is a little outdated for 2023; especially when an open-source satellite could have given them the same intel.

The effect of this balloon is two-fold. First, it's shown the world that the disconnect within the Chinese government has reached an all-time high. Second, diplomatic relations between the US and China have grown colder than ever and will likely be strained even further.

Posted by:DarthVader

#5  First, it's shown the world that the disconnect within the Chinese government has reached an all-time high. Second, diplomatic relations between the US and China have grown colder than ever and will likely be strained even further.


The Mongols are about the only good thing left in China:






Posted by: Mad Eye Omeretch7959   2023-02-13 19:23  

#4  So I ask myself why China would float a spy satellite over America. They have them in space, right? It’s not a test of our reactions, because now they have lost any element of surprise. The list goes on and on. If this was not an attack with a release of something we don’t know about there is only one good explaination. Their satellites in space are Chinese junk that don’t work and to get the images they needed, they had to get within 40,000 feet.
Posted by: 49 pan   2023-02-13 18:43  

#3  One reason to use balloons for Elint recon is that at 50-100K ft you need to have an antenna that is 20-50 times smaller than if it were in orbit.
Posted by: Thruter Gloluger6393   2023-02-13 14:24  

#2  That is the stuff of nightmares, Murcek
Posted by: DarthVader   2023-02-13 12:50  

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Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-02-13 10:28  

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