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Temstar

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But as it wafted through US skies before being shot down Saturday off of the Carolinas, the balloon created a sudden moment when the idea of a threat by China to the US homeland was neither distant, theoretical, unseen, or years in the future. And it underscored how in today’s polarized America, Washington’s first reaction in the face of a threat is to point fingers rather than unify.
According to the Americans, we've just went through the Sputnik Crisis of our age. Imagine teaching your kids about events of last weekend.
 

SDtom

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China Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that a civilian airship, used for flight tests, deviated far from its planned course and entered into Latin America and Caribbean airspace. The airship was affected by climate and with limited self-steering capability.

If China wants to be good at PR then it should openly offer to cooperate with countries that the balloon have transited. China should offer joint recovery operation with experts from those countries and show them that the balloon is just a weather balloon.
 

manqiangrexue

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First of all, it's been a horrible last 60+ pages with nothing but the balloon. I've basically had to compromise between skipping everything because it's just a balloon and reading everything for the possibility of there being actually important other news buried in there so I've had to randomly jump 3-5 pages per read...
I wonder if previous balloon flyovers were untouched because the USAF had equipment capable of either jamming or eavesdropping on the SIGINT equipment on the balloons. They could've gleaned valuable data from the Chinese balloons without tipping Beijing off about the US' knowledge of them.
LOLOL Nice cope. And every spy mission the US ever tried on China has resulted in the Chinese returning false data, gleaning information on US spying platforms and corrupting American assets to become double agents for Beijing.
 

KYli

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If China wants to be good at PR then it should openly offer to cooperate with countries that the balloon have transited. China should offer joint recovery operation with experts from those countries and show them that the balloon is just a weather balloon.
How naive this is? If it is a weather balloon, do you think other countries don't know about it. Most countries don't care except 5 eyes and a few of their allies. US wants to hype the threat of China but ends up making a fool out of itself.

Now the US is under a full blown damage control by claiming nonsense such as China's meteorology minister is fired or the shooting down of the balloon has been a victory and humiliated China. There is so much insecurity that it is not funny anymore.
 
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