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Old 02-04-2023, 4:56pm   #121
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Somebody want to tell me why they let the balloon fly across the entire country gathering info on who knows who BEFORE shooting it down?

Also, how do we know it was china? because the news or deep state said so?

What are they hiding? So whole debacle is a shit show.
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Somebody want to tell me why they let the balloon fly across the entire country gathering info on who knows who BEFORE shooting it down?

Also, how do we know it was china? because the news or deep state said so?

What are they hiding? So whole debacle is a shit show.
Military advised waiting until it was off the coast, didn't feel it was safe to fire live air to air weapons over land nor have debris falling on our people. Besides, what do we think the balloon saw that their satellites have not already seen?
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Military advised waiting until it was off the coast, didn't feel it was safe to fire live air to air weapons over land nor have debris falling on our people. Besides, what do we think the balloon saw that their satellites have not already seen?
They saw it over Montana ( at least that's when the people saw it and it "broke cover" ). Except for a few cities, Montana is wide open. Our national security is worth more than a steer that it might fall on.

We are being fed a big line of bullshit on this.
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They saw it over Montana ( at least that's when the people saw it and it "broke cover" ). Except for a few cities, Montana is wide open. Our national security is worth more than a steer that it might fall on.

We are being fed a big line of bullshit on this.
Maybe, but remember it's 11 miles high in the jet stream. Very little control or guess where it would have fallen. Besides, their satellites are looking at us every day, what's so important about what the balloon saw?
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Maybe, but remember it's 11 miles high in the jet stream. Very little control or guess where it would have fallen. Besides, their satellites are looking at us every day, what's so important about what the balloon saw?
Exactly who's balloon was it? For all we know it was deep state "spying" on pro constitution groups.

Prove me wrong.
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America deserves the ritual humiliation being inflicted on us, sadly.
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Exactly who's balloon was it? For all we know it was deep state "spying" on pro constitution groups.

Prove me wrong.
How can I prove you wrong? Prove you're right. We'll know once they gather the debris which was happening earlier.
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How can I prove you wrong? Prove you're right. We'll know once they gather the debris which was happening earlier.
With the current administration, we'll never get a truthful answer.

EVERYTHING is a big lie with them.
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Military advised waiting until it was off the coast, didn't feel it was safe to fire live air to air weapons over land nor have debris falling on our people. Besides, what do we think the balloon saw that their satellites have not already seen?
It was a balloon. They could have brought it down with chaff.
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This is fascinating. I agree with those saying there is nothing a balloon can really do as far as spying. So what is the point? I suspect it was not shot down over the US on the possibility it contained anthrax or some shit. Seems that's the only real threat it could possibly pose. So the Chinese motivation is mysterious, which makes this episode fascinating. Maybe it's true purpose was the record US air defense reaction times, radar wavelength, etc.

It was interesting to me that the report is it was shot down by an AIM-9X from an F-22. I wouldn't have used an F-22 on the chance it was recording F-22 radar signature at various ranges, wavelengths, and angles. I would have used an F-15 or F-16. AIM-9X is interesting as well. The only heat signature would be the ballon surface heated by the sun. A huge, but not a very hot target. Seems like it would be a far easier target for an AMRAAM, but the AIM-9X obviously did the job. I just hope all the debris is recovered instead of sunk and lost.
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Ol’ fart cushion appears to have just about reached maximum density, what a disgusting pig, both inside and out. Oink oink.
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Chinks gave Hunter the go-ahead, because the mission was accomplished.
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Biden just proved he and Hunter have backdoor dealings with China. They make a big announcement that they popped the balloon over the Atlantic Ocean where it won’t fall on someone’s house, as if we are supposed to believe he did this to show us he cares about our security and safety.

Doesn’t he and his joke of an administration realize that most educated Americans and children know that the balloon doesn’t record data, it sends it, real time, to a satellite that relays it back to China. Rather than down it as soon as it entered US air space Biden let it fly across the entire US, with China guiding it along the way over our air bases, ICBM silos and other national security installations.

China has everything they wanted from this balloons flight across the US. I’m sure Biden and Jinping worked out a secret deal so Biden would let Jinping fly it across the US and Jinping would let Biden shoot it down. China gets their data and the Biden’s keep their personal financial dealing with China.
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