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👀 Apparent confirmation that SPAR19 is actually heading to Taipei from an ACARS message that was ust sent! Mission controllers asking about IFF encryption also included the flight's destination of 'RCSS' which is Taipei Songshan Airport (ICAO: RCSS). #Pelosi #Taiwan pic.twitter.com/sC36fLuSZq— IntelWalrus (@IntelWalrus) August 2, 2022

:meow-popcorn: Mood music.

How bad is it? Global Times is currently posting Mao quotes.

EDIT: You can track the flight here currently: https://www.flightradar24.com/SPAR19/2ce4f83f

Site currently overloaded it seems

EDIT: Japanese media report about the departure of eight fighters and five US Air Force tanker aircraft from Japanese bases. https://i.imgur.com/9ORbaJ0.jpg

EDIT: US propaganda telegrams reporting "A total of 22 🇺🇸 KC-135 aerial refuelling aircrafts are flying from outside bases to the US military Kadena base in Okinawa, Okinawa Defense Bureau"

EDIT: Civilian traffic cleared on east coast of China. Chinese fighters spotted near Fujian. (Telegrams)

EDIT: Taiwanese fighters take over escort. US fighters no longer escorting SPAR19 (Telegram)

EDIT: J-16 sighted at the south side of the Bashi Strait (Telegram)

EDIT: SU35s crossing the Taiwan Strait (Telegram)

EDIT: CGTN reporting SU35s crossed the Taiwan Strait

EDIT: Video of an air raid siren reportedly in Fujian is floating around the telegrams now.

EDIT: Looks like it has landed in Taipei airport now.

Not sure what happens next.

  • star_wraith [he/him]41•2 years ago

    fr though, China has had ample time to consider the appropriate response on this. And of course my boy Xi is hella smart. There's gonna be retaliation but it's gonna be something like China dropping trillions in US treasuries or something like that.

    • PasswordRememberer [he/him]44•2 years ago

      Yeah it's not like the Chinese are gonna be caught by surprise here. They've known something like this was possible for a long time, and I'm sure they've put about a million times more effort into considering their next move than the Americans have put into understanding the potential ramifications. This will hopefully be a massive long term L for the US ruling class

      Death to America

    • Owl [he/him]21•2 years ago

      I think the biggest risk is that the US military escorts get itchy trigger fingers at some point during this debacle.