So yall going to let China fly ballons over the United States with technology the size of a bus (Spying) Update:Shot down over SC)

[Vandelay]

 

[Mowgli]

What’s the trillions of dollars worth of air defense doing?

Or THAAD, NORAD & Patriot missiles can’t bring down balloons doing recon on top secret nuclear sites & silos?

Bu bu but China & Russia are backward & stand no chance in a shooting match.

Anyway, China man is very funny. He left the sophisticated modern tools & opted for Cold War era balloons to embarrass the empty barrel.

I was watching footage of Korean & Vietnam wars yesterday & some people puffing their chest about war need to humble themselves before they get humbled by those psychos from the East. Those people are a different breed/beast - stop poking them.

What if they sent a million balloons filled with pestilence. How would the military respond

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

You trying to tell me that some redneck out West didn't smuggle AAA back from the desert because he just knew this day would come?

Get 'em Jimbo.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

It's wild that shyt is allowed to be up there like that.

This and allowing tik tok in the states is pathetic

America gave the world facebook and every other social media but damn if anyone get one over you... facebook is the genesis of all this bullshyt

if we start going on some 1 vs 1 of whos offensive China will not be close. As an American when you get incensed about the intrusions of others consider your own.

y'all gifted the world majority of social media and left MILITARY bases on every continent. fly drones into sovereign countries to spy and kill people remotely but when a balloon float over your airspace it's chaos.

always remain objective

 

[Cuban Pete]

Obviously and their economy about to pop. They are not getting any technology and their population is dying.


I hate when people post this. Debt don't mean shyt if you can't collect it. What China going to do? They thought they can use it as leverage but America doesn't pay its bills when you have the strongest military in the world

Exactly thats what were doing to these fools right now lol. America is gonna stunt on China and for good measure the Russians too while were still 30 to 40 years ahead of them in military capabilities. We aint paying back none of that shyt cause well be at war over Taiwan within the next 4 to 6 years, come collect deez nuts Xi

 

[mykey]

The balloon's actual goal of creating High Definition maps of the underground ICBM silos has already been completed.

 

[50CentStan]

Propaganda to ramp up anti china. China is the enemy feelings

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

- China owns $1.3 Trillion of US's debt

Why is this always posted in these threads when Japan still holds the most out of all foreign holders? The overwhelming majority is held domestically too.

 

[Armchair Militant]

anti-Chinese hysteria is getting annoying

 

[VoxSphere74]

America gave the world facebook and every other social media but damn if anyone get one over you... facebook is the genesis of all this bullshyt

if we start going on some 1 vs 1 of whos offensive China will not be close. As an American when you get incensed about the intrusions of others consider your own.

y'all gifted the world majority of social media and left MILITARY bases on every continent. fly drones into sovereign countries to spy and kill people remotely but when a balloon float over your airspace it's chaos.

always remain objective

This.

And the US at all levels of society is freaking out over Tik-Tok? A social media app? It looks weak. Just build your own to compete with it.

Also the US is pushing the Philippines, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan to try and "contain" China like they did Russia. The only problem is this isn't the 1960's and China isn't Russia.

Because at no point was Russia even close to being the largest economy on earth.

China accomplished that in 2017 according to Purchasing Power Parity. Which the press didn't want to talk about for obvious reasons.

And China is the main manufacturer for *American* goods to the point that even US plates are made in China.

 

[Leasy]

This.

And the US at all levels of society is freaking out over Tik-Tok? A social media app? It looks weak. Just build your own to compete with it.

Also the US is pushing the Philippines, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan to try and "contain" China like they did Russia. The only problem is this isn't the 1960's and China isn't Russia.

Because at no point was Russia even close to being the largest economy on earth.

China accomplished that in 2017 according to Purchasing Power Parity. Which the press didn't want to talk about for obvious reasons.

And China is the main manufacturer for *American* goods to the point that even US plates are made in China.

I
Slow your role buddy. China flexing has caused their neighbors to work with America. Russia was always a threat to America not anymore of course. China will never be able to flex on America because it doesn't control shipping lanes or ally with any of its neighbors. America is surrounding them like Russia.

 

[MikelArteta]

sending all that tik tok data up

 

[Gloxina]

These guys forgot Pelosi pulling up in Taiwan despite Xi and Chicom media promising to turn the Strait into a "sea of fire."And Biden promising to defend Taiwan in the event the Chinese ever find the balls to invade. Ending 70 years of strategic ambiguity regarding if America would defend Taiwan.
The Chinese military would get hoed out worse than Russia, and the Russians had the reputation of being the world's second best Army, having seen actual and recent combat. All those first sons would get slaughtered and China's demographic collapse would accelerate. But hey, a spy balloon is impressive too, I guess.

Right. I heard China was hovering over that area because they’re concerned about what we have that they don’t know about. We good lol

 

[Cuban Pete]

a defense analyst on twitter made a good point, the US could potentially reveal our high altitude defense capabilities by shooting this down.

So where at a lose lose right now? Shoot it down, reveal high altitude defense capabilities, let it pass, they take detailed reconnaissance of our air bases and missile silos in the midwest?