Whats up with that funky balloon?

[h00]

We've all heard of it by now
But I see no thread

So what the hell here one is

Looks like both China and the US are getting ready for the invasion and defense of Taiwan.
Is it real? Is it a false-flag to build a pro-war sentiment against China? Did their stupid baloon just fail and now it drifted all the way over here and they won't admit it?
Should the balloon be shot down? Should it be captured carefully and analyzed and reverse engineered?
Should we deliver a dozen dirty bombs into every Chinese port on November 17th 2027?

Discuss.

Relevant Articles :

Why would the Chinese government be flying a large stratospheric balloon?

It is possible that the balloon's flight termination system failed.

arstechnica.com

Why doesn’t US military shoot down the Chinese ‘spy’ balloon?

'We're monitoring the situation closely and reviewing options'

www.independent.co.uk

Busting That Chinese Spy Balloon Is Harder Than You Think (Updated: ‘Well That Was Easy’)

The sheer size of a stratospheric balloon makes it all but invulnerable, and it may be resistant to the weapons available. Such spy balloons, now spreading thanks to new technology, present a unique challenge for interception.

www.forbes.com

Pence, Pompeo and Haley demand Biden ‘shoot down’ Chinese spy balloon

Former Secretary of State Mike Pomeo and diplomat Nikki Haley demanded that the Biden Administration "shoot down" down the Chinese spy balloon that hovered over the central US Friday.

nypost.com

 

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pGWm6FwZ0s

Another Chinese 'surveillance balloon' is flying over Latin America, Pentagon says

A Defense Department spokesperson revealed the additional ballon after one was assessed to be flying 60,000 feet above the continental United States.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Jessica3cho雪血⊜青意]

Ancient Chinese culture good, new China bad. Drop the dirty bombs, I say.

 

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US downs Chinese balloon, drawing a threat from China

China is threatening what it calls "further actions" after an American fighter jet shot down a suspected spy balloon off the East Coast of the United States on Saturday.

apnews.com

Very considerate of Uncle Joe to wait for the balloon to cross the entire continental US before popping it.

Edit: Finally remembered what this thing reminded me of:

 

[Bob Jones]

An attempt to promote public consent for hostility with China.

It's genuinely nothing. https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-might-sent-spy-balloon-143328772.html
"In a Pentagon briefing Thursday, a senior US defense official said spy balloons have been seen several times over the US in recent years."

But only now we decide to make a big deal of it. Where were these articles those times?

Related:

"Over the past two years, the Pentagon has spent about $3.8 million on balloon projects, and plans to spend $27.1 million in fiscal year 2023 to continue work on multiple efforts, according to budget documents. Meanwhile, the Pentagon is working on its own hypersonic weapons program, despite Wednesday's failure of the latest test. A bright spot for the U.S. is the balloons may help track and deter hypersonic weapons being developed by China and Russia."

I wouldn't be surprised if the balloon weren't actually Chinese at all.

 

[SolidStateSurvivor]

An attempt to promote public consent for hostility with China.

It's genuinely nothing. https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-might-sent-spy-balloon-143328772.html
"In a Pentagon briefing Thursday, a senior US defense official said spy balloons have been seen several times over the US in recent years."

But only now we decide to make a big deal of it. Where were these articles those times?

Related:

"Over the past two years, the Pentagon has spent about $3.8 million on balloon projects, and plans to spend $27.1 million in fiscal year 2023 to continue work on multiple efforts, according to budget documents. Meanwhile, the Pentagon is working on its own hypersonic weapons program, despite Wednesday's failure of the latest test. A bright spot for the U.S. is the balloons may help track and deter hypersonic weapons being developed by China and Russia."

I wouldn't be surprised if the balloon weren't actually Chinese at all.

From my understanding (and I could be wrong) but this is something that's been occuring for a while, was either largely ignored or unseen by the general public, but then became an issue because enough people finally spotted one and voiced a fuss to social media?

Ultimately shooting it down this late into it's path across the US just seems like a desperate attempt for the Biden administration to seem like it has any semblance of a strong foreign policy. If the balloon was doing malicious spying, then whatever data it got long found it's way to China. Can't wait to see this lame ass balloon being shot down to be the highlight of Biden 2024 commercials.

Cost of living: inflated
Chinese balloons: deflated
BIDEN 2024

 

[Regal]

Previously this probably would have been written off by the public as a UFO. Now everyone has 100x zoom cameras in their pockets so can see it as a balloon. Since the public can now clearly see it, it is now a problem.

Was it worth six figures of tax dollars to shoot it out of the sky? Nah. But can't just let foreign countries fly shit over private airspace either.