The bizarre secret behind China's spy balloon
www.cbsnews.com
Earlier this year America's military defenses were put on notice against a Chinese balloon believed to be on an espionage mission. Gen. Mark Milley talks about what we've learned from an examination of the balloon's wreckage.

Nobody could have predicted this. I have my doubts even when they call it "spying equipment" or whatever considering Chinese claim it was a meteorological balloon, certainly no doubt they would try to paint those tools as such.

  • CarbonScored [any]
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    1 year ago

    "I would say it was a spy balloon that we know with high degree of certainty got no intelligence, and didn't transmit any intelligence back to China."

    I'm gonna be honest, that sounds like it's missing two of the three defining features required to term something a spy balloon.

      • UnicodeHamSic [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        We fucked up every other part. Statistically, we are likely to fuck up this one as well

        • CarbonScored [any]
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          1 year ago

          One does have to start wondering if it really was a balloon after all. "I would say it was a balloon that we know didn't float, or fill with any air".