The Balloon

[Van]

The Chinese spy balloon over Montana did not escape accidentally from the Wuhan Lab. However, the Warp Speed response according to the "SID" doctrine is "Shoot It Down."

 

[DaveXR650]

 

[Van]

One theory as to why the balloon is supposedly off course is that the bat navigation system has been infected with the Corona virus.

 

[Salty]

From the "What its worth dept

During WW II

 

[JonC]

The Chinese spy balloon over Montana did not escape accidentally from the Wuhan Lab. However, the Warp Speed response according to the "SID" doctrine is "Shoot It Down."

Where does it go if it's shot down (is the equipment heavy enough to kill people on the ground)?

 

[JonC]

I watched that movie again last week.

 

[AustinC]

Where does it go if it's shot down (is the equipment heavy enough to kill people on the ground)?

It's Montana...which prairie dog will bite the dust?

 

[JonC]

It's Montana...which prairie dog will bite the dust?

Yea....shoot it down. Nothing but the Dutton ranch there.

 

[Alex2165]

Balloon! Is that the media panicking and goes creasy about?

What will be next? Chinese will attack US by hand dropping explosives and bombs from balloons?

Are we going back to WW1 technologies?

Chinese have sophisticated satellites what can see a dime on the ground, why balloons?

Above all, China and significant number of other advanced in technologies countries already know all the secret sites and silos' locations in US that was built mostly from 50s through 90s, what the purpose of balloons are?

It does not make any sense.

 

[Salty]

why balloons?
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could be they think that we would not be expecting it

 

[Van]

Where does it go if it's shot down (is the equipment heavy enough to kill people on the ground)?

That is a absurd fiction. Weather balloons have failed and come down many times. The debris field might be 1 square mile. And will it come down like a meteor? Nope. It would soon reach terminal velocity, being relatively light considering its configuration.

 

[Van]

In 1947, A High-Altitude Balloon Crash Landed in Roswell. The Aliens Never Left

Were the "aliens" just Chinese spys?

 

[JonC]

That is a absurd fiction. Weather balloons have failed and come down many times. The debris field might be 1 square mile. And will it come down like a meteor? Nope. It would soon reach terminal velocity, being relatively light considering its configuration.

What is absurd fiction? (I asked a question).

I don't know how big the balloon is (or the equipment) compared to other balloons.

I don't know where it would fall.

I didn't know that the equipment falling to the ground would be harmless...but I take your word for it.

I was asking.

 

[Van]

Balloon! Is that the media panicking and goes creasy about?

What will be next? Chinese will attack US by hand dropping explosives and bombs from balloons?

Are we going back to WW1 technologies?

Chinese have sophisticated satellites what can see a dime on the ground, why balloons?

Above all, China and significant number of other advanced in technologies countries already know all the secret sites and silos' locations in US that was built mostly from 50s through 90s, what the purpose of balloons are?

It does not make any sense.

I think the media has over-hyped the resolution of the pictures from low orbit spy satellites. We had them in the Gulf war (1991) but still flew the Blacfkbird near Kuwait to get better pictures.

 

[Van]

What is absurd fiction? (I asked a question).

I don't know how big the balloon is (or the equipment) compared to other balloons.

I don't know where it would fall.

I didn't know that the equipment falling to the ground would be harmless...but I take your word for it.

I was asking.

Point taken, I was referring to the nonsensical claim out of the DOD that they chose not to bring it down because it might kill people on the ground and create a debris field of 400 square miles.

 

[JonC]

Point taken, I was referring to the nonsensical claim out of the DOD that they chose not to bring it down because it might kill people on the ground and create a debris field of 400 square miles.

I understand. I haven't watched the news (I work 12.5 hr swing shifts at a DOE facility and have been on nights until yesterday).

 

[Van]

Where is Waldo? Missouri? Illinois? Kentucky? Tennessee? North Carolina?

 

[tyndale1946]

In 1947, A High-Altitude Balloon Crash Landed in Roswell. The Aliens Never Left

Were the "aliens" just Chinese spys?

No they hung around and waited for their part in independence Day...The Movie!... Not the Chinese spies, the aliens!... Brother Glen

 

[Van]

The incredible shrinking balloon.

First the government spokesperson says it was the size of a soccer stadium, now it was 200 foot in diameter. The debris field was 400 square miles, then 7 miles long, and now 4500 foot long, less than 3/4 of a mile.

How much did those three school buses weight? A rough guess might be about 36 tons (24,000 lbs apiece). How much weight could a 200 foot balloon lift to 10 miles high?

 

[OnlyaSinner]

The incredible shrinking balloon.

First the government spokesperson says it was the size of a soccer stadium, now it was 200 foot in diameter. The debris field was 400 square miles, then 7 miles long, and now 4500 foot long, less than 3/4 of a mile.

How much did those three school buses weight? A rough guess might be about 36 tons (24,000 lbs apiece). How much weight could a 200 foot balloon lift to 10 miles high?

I took the "three buses" as a reference to the length of the structure beneath the balloon, not width (though the thing looked bus-wide or greater) or height. Like anything intended to remain airborne, that structure was made to be as light as feasible. IMO, the debris field exaggeration was intended to keep unauthorized people at bay, and its size "shrunk" once the actual area was under gov't control.