AKB, thoughts on Chinese 'weather balloon'?

[Hugh Laurie]

Several sport's books are reporting that NASA ground cameras have spotted an Eagle insignia on the balloon suggesting the CCP may have obtained videos of of the Chiefs practice sessions as it passed over Kansas City and the Eagle organization might be paying big money to obtain it.

 

[Nohow]

Every day China flies hundreds of spy satellites over the U.S. but the country is freaking out over a single balloon.

 

[razpsu]

 

[razpsu]

Military jets circling it constantly

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

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They are not jets. They are my PROV-1 from my seven iron out of the rough at Caledonia!

 

[razpsu]

Can’t make this up. It is officially over the ocean. Just over the “n”

 

[PSUJam]

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The toilet finally exploded from excessive gas at Neil and Pam's?

 

[PSUJam]

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[PSUJam]

 

[razpsu]

They just blew it up overhead how do I post the video

 

[BobPSU92]

The problem with shooting down a Chinese spy balloon is that I need to shoot down another one in an hour.

 

[leinbacker]

 

[PSUJam]

They just blew it up overhead how do I post the video

Can't post video. It's all over Twitter.

 

[razpsu]

Can't post video. It's all over Twitter.

Not from my restaurant patio they didn’t. Lol

 

[mmp121]

 

[PSUJam]

Not from my restaurant patio they didn’t. Lol

Seems the Chinese spy mission revolved around your pancake recipe.

 

[razpsu]

Jet approaching firing missle

Jet hitting it. One large boom then 30 seconds later another one.

Jet turning debris falling

 

[razpsu]

Shot this from the patio at restaurant

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

Seems the Chinese spy mission revolved around your pancake recipe.

For the record… I was more impressed with the 2 balloons of the Chinese babe in the bathtub! I certainly would have volunteered to shoot them down.

 

[mmp121]

 

[Lionville]

Shot this from the patio at restaurant

This board is amazing. On site reporting of the Chinese ballon being shot down.
Awesome pics.

 

[leinbacker]

This is incredibly stupid and wasteful by the Chinese. If they want secret, classified or sensitive data about anything, just go ask any member of Congress or any past or present President. They’re bound to have something laying around of value.

actually, it’s been a resounding propaganda success for China.

 

[Nohow]

actually, it’s been a resounding propaganda success for China.

Bullcrap

 

[pamdlion]

Joe handled this like Roberson at Iowa.

 

[Midnighter]

For the record… I was more impressed with the 2 balloons of the Chinese babe in the bathtub! I certainly would have volunteered to shoot them down.

She’s Japanese….and don’t Google Hitomi Tanaka…

 

[Midnighter]

Jet approaching firing missle
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Jet hitting it. One large boom then 30 seconds later another one.
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Jet turning debris falling
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Amazing footage from BWI’s own @razpsu ! Well done!

 

[Wow]

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Can't post video. It's all over Twitter.

Great, we just killed Chinese balloon boy.

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

She’s Japanese….and don’t Google Hitomi Tanaka…

Thanks for the advice… especially since I am almost out of paper towels!

 

[BostonNit]

If the Chinese wanted to monitor the weather in the US they could've just jumped on the other thread here. What a waste of money.

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

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Great, we just killed Chinese balloon boy.

Better him than the Bubble Boy!

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

If the Chinese wanted to monitor the weather in the US they could've just jumped on the other thread here. What a waste of money.

Xi is not a nipple guy!

 

[AvgUser]

Interesting that’s the US suddenly developed and built the technology to easily shoot this down within the last 6 hours since earlier today it was supposed to be very difficult

 

[Corner Room Breakfast]

Debris field on weather radar.

 

[Nohow]

Debris field on weather radar.

I guess now we know why the Pentagon didn’t want to shoot it down over populations.

 

[Tgar]

The longer the balloon stayed aloft above the US, the more info was gained from a DOD perspective. Shooting it down while over the country made no sense and was most likely never the plan. Tracking it did as there was a chance it would have exploded on its own anyway and easily found given the interest in it.

These probing operations happen all the time and the Chinese certainly learned something about our capacity to identify this type of object. We learned a great deal as well starting with when it was discovered, at what altitude, etc. etc.

It would be interesting to know when it was identified over the pacific and by what means.

 

[Midnighter]

Interesting that’s the US suddenly developed and built the technology to easily shoot this down within the last 6 hours since earlier today it was supposed to be very difficult

They’re playing the game within a game. Shooting it down when first noticed was probably the outcome China wanted.

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

I guess now we know why the Pentagon didn’t want to shoot it down over populations.

Hoping that innocent civilians don’t get harmed.

 

[PSUJam]

The longer the balloon stayed aloft above the US, the more info was gained from a DOD perspective. Shooting it down while over the country made no sense and was most likely never the plan. Tracking it did as there was a chance it would have exploded on its own anyway and easily found given the interest in it.

These probing operations happen all the time and the Chinese certainly learned something about our capacity to identify this type of object. We learned a great deal as well starting with when it was discovered, at what altitude, etc. etc.

It would be interesting to know when it was identified over the pacific and by what means.

If I'd have to guess, our intelligence watched them blow it up and launch it and then followed along.

 

[PSUJam]

Interesting that’s the US suddenly developed and built the technology to easily shoot this down within the last 6 hours since earlier today it was supposed to be very difficult

 

[Tgar]

If I'd have to guess, our intelligence watched them blow it up and launch it and then followed along.

Possibly. Nobody posting here knows much if anything other than the track it took. Letting it travel was the only way to gain the Most useful info for the next Cold War episode.