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.

    • AccmRazr@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      You clearly didn’t read the article. It WAS a spy balloon but it appears the spy equipment wasn’t turned on. So no information was gathered.

      • AlicePraxis
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        3 months ago

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      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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        1 year ago

        lib@lemm.ee

        And you read the article yet you didn't even quote the funny bit.

        Martin said, "On paper, it looks like this colossal mismatch – one of this country's most sophisticated jet fighters against a balloon with a putt-putt motor. Was it a sure thing?"

      • KarlBarqs [he/him, they/them]
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        1 year ago

        Somehow we've managed to find the first human being to function without a single neuron firing.

        A brain exists, but nothing is occuring within. No electrical signals, no neural activity.

        And yet they manage to post anyway

        • star_wraith [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          I’m still getting used to federation. I saw that comment, didn’t look at the poster’s name, and assumed it was just sarcasm.

      • zephyreks [none/use name]
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        1 year ago

        The article makes no claim as to the nature of the balloon. The author is very careful about that. It's a balloon that didn't collect any intelligence nor transmit any data. How, exactly, would you define a spy balloon? It's starting to sound like your threshold for "spy balloon" is "launched by some Chinese person," which is probably more than a little racist.