So is it a weather balloon or spy?
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War is Peace.
Ignorance is Strength.
Research balloon is Spy balloon.
Why it's probably not a spy balloon:
Good question, maybe the U.S. MSM want to distract its readers from some other bad news, such as an impending disaster in Ukraine?
Our propaganda vs theirs:
Many U.S. policymakers are ignorant morons.
Modi supporters now blame China for BBC's Modi documentary.
Ignorance is Strength.
Research balloon is Spy balloon.
Why it's probably not a spy balloon:
Good question, maybe the U.S. MSM want to distract its readers from some other bad news, such as an impending disaster in Ukraine?
Our propaganda vs theirs:
Many U.S. policymakers are ignorant morons.
Modi supporters now blame China for BBC's Modi documentary.
You can add globophobia, globophobia is an extreme, overwhelming and irrational fear of balloons.This whole thing is so funny! Haha! Haha!
Okay, this I google search engine right now.
What is coulrophobia? Coulrophobia (COOl-ruh-FOE-bee-uh) is a fear (phobia) of clowns. Children and adults who fear clowns may experience extreme, irrational reactions when they see clowns in person or view pictures or videos of clowns.
That is what this whole episode is about.
When confronted with a toy balloon, we find out that the Americans are afraid of clowns.
Did not see that one coming, lol, lol, lol,
Haha! Hehe! Hee Haw!
Thanks, friend, I never knew there was such a thing, lol.
We learn something new every day.
Didn't the US still have U-2 spy planes in active service with a service celling of 80 thousand feet? Should be able to handle it if the plane can carry machine guns onboard.I thought the excuse "could cause damage on the ground" was pretty flimsy given it was over Montana. Perhaps the US is just not capable of shooting down this balloon.
To combat this sort of target the Soviet Union actually went to the trouble of designing a dedicated high altitude anti-aerostat interceptor called M-55 Geophysics. It ended up not been used for that role but it shows engaging this sort of target is not a trivial task.
Imagine USAF decide to go for it and they fire several AIM-120 or THAAD and miss? They'll be the laughing stock of the world.
how exactly this Dutch loss?. new Fabs are coming in US/Europe/Japan/Korea. some of the auto production will shift from those countries to other parts of the world like India or Mexico that will free up more labor over time. The advantage of this approach is that countries like South Korea has now largest trade surplus with countries like Vietnam. high tech will be kept in Global North while medium tech will be shifted to global south.
European made weopons are too expensive and not standardized so its better to disarm now than endlessly wasting money on maintaining them long term. US can hire practically any immigrant to run the show in military.
thats the point buy American weopons and let Europeans make other industrial products. Germany has tremendous labor shortage in key areas. it is not like they have extra people sitting around waiting for government contracts to make weopons.
this is the correct graph and very relevant to the point i am making.
It should have been strategic decision of Chinese government not enrich Germans. Car is discretionary spending. They could have encouraged Japanese or Korean cars if domestic alternative not available. Japan or Korea can never become a threat unless they are backed up by Europe.
Japan can refuse to buy American cars. but if same Japan made part of EU than let see how much of Japan auto industry left or for that matter anything else. Germany is much more ideological and Globalist than any one else. Just look at German President and Chancellor international visits. they are much more than any Japanese or American leader per year. Infact German President and Chancellor both visited Japan same year. that by itself unique. Germany know how to slap down countries inside EU. (they already tought lesson to UK for leaving EU). Germany will move globe against you.
I thought the excuse "could cause damage on the ground" was pretty flimsy given it was over Montana. Perhaps the US is just not capable of shooting down this balloon.
To combat this sort of target the Soviet Union actually went to the trouble of designing a dedicated high altitude anti-aerostat interceptor called M-55 Geophysics. It ended up not been used for that role but it shows engaging this sort of target is not a trivial task.
Imagine USAF decide to go for it and they fire several AIM-120 or THAAD and miss? They'll be the laughing stock of the world.
So I guess Yankeesama is right about PL-10 being a better missile than he thought then.
For sure they're going to have to discuss this now on Tuesday, I can't wait to hear details about the 2019 intercept and how easy/hard it was.
Meanwhile:
Old news, this happened years ago.
THAAD is an Army weapon. It doesn't have a warhead, just uses kinetic energy against incoming missiles. Useless against balloon.I thought the excuse "could cause damage on the ground" was pretty flimsy given it was over Montana. Perhaps the US is just not capable of shooting down this balloon.
To combat this sort of target the Soviet Union actually went to the trouble of designing a dedicated high altitude anti-aerostat interceptor called M-55 Geophysics. It ended up not been used for that role but it shows engaging this sort of target is not a trivial task.
Imagine USAF decide to go for it and they fire several AIM-120 or THAAD and miss? They'll be the laughing stock of the world.
THAAD supposedly is super accurate since it is “a bullet hitting a bullet”. A THAAD missile in theory should be able to drill two holes through the balloon and cause it to leak and fall.