You can't make this up lmao
The Taiwanese reports also noted some of the balloons’ proximity to the island’s military bases. Of the four reported on Tuesday, three were first detected 120 to 184 miles from the Ching Chuan Kang Air Base in the city of Taichung. Taiwan’s defense ministry declined to specify how close to the base they may have flown.
"Yeah it totally came near our airbase. How close? We won't say"
Taiwan has, so far at least, experienced none of the alarm that gripped many Americans last year when a hulking Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon floated across the United States.
This whole thing is a comedic goldmine, to say nothing of the headline
120 to 184 miles
Distance between China's coast and Taichung: 135 miles
lmao
Balloon hysteria 2.0 better have a jet shoot down one with it's machine gun, let's see some flying skill.
Pops and then gets sucked into the engine causing damage and forcing the pilot to eject
So they're really going to pull this chestnut back out of the fire?
It generated a ton of clicks, so they'll probably be trying to run a "China balloon" story every six months for a decade at least.
Watch out, it's calculatedly ambiguous!
What's that saying? "Once is enemy activity, twice is enemy activity and three times is enemy activity?"
These articles just make me mad. Of course none of us are going to care about a weather balloon from Mainland China flying over. We do not have the same level of hysteria that Americans do with silly things like that.
I hate the Chinese balloon stories with every fiber of my being. The fact that so many people lose their mind over them makes me lose hope in humanity every time a new story comes out.
