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I wonder just what the tactical purpose was for the ccp sending a balloon through our country's airspace. They did it for a reason. Testing a low tech delivery system possibly?
Last edited by 2dogs; 02-07-2023 at 04:59 PM.
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Originally Posted by 2dogs
... the tactical purpose was for the ccp sending a balloon through our country's airspace...
Testing the speed of response?
Testing how good the airspace is under control?
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Originally Posted by GuruSMI
Testing the speed of response?
Testing how good the airspace is under control?
I have to be very careful about what I say regarding this subject, but I agree with you.
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Originally Posted by Peteoz
I had to laugh at our ABC (Aus Broadcasting Commission) reporting this………
‘The balloon remains were last seen “descending downwards towards the ground”. Proof reading is a thing of the past, as is the quality of journalists.
Pete
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Originally Posted by UtahPete
Double redundancy? Is there such a thing?
To be sure, to be sure!
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Originally Posted by 2dogs
I wonder just what the tactical purpose was for the ccp sending a balloon through our country's airspace. They did it for a reason. Testing a low tech delivery system possibly?
Measuring someone's resolve ?
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Originally Posted by Peteoz
As the forum has no smiley response posibility
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Last edited by Peter Aawen; 02-09-2023 at 12:47 AM.
Reason: many others can't read individual post titles... moved it into text! ;-)
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Seems it was a test of reaction time. We failed.
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Originally Posted by Tourer
Seems it was a test of reaction time. We failed.
The President said in a PBS interview this evening the military wanted to maximize the amount of intelligence they could glean from it while it was floating by, and to maximize the amount of salvageable debris they could collect by dropping it over water.
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The balloon is nothing new one in 2017 and 2019 either shot down, I would imagine the US does the same thing
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Originally Posted by BajaRon
No one makes anything anywhere else, these days. No brainer...
Well apart from these bits anyway..............
https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=2f2a9...1fZlNBcw&ntb=1
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Maybe they were delivering the new Harleys
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No 2's down........bet this one has some Chinese writing on it
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Glad to see #2 was taken care of quickly. Time will tell on who, what, where.
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Another has be spotted over northern Canada today.
Reminds me of playing "Space Invaders" when I was a kid.
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Interesting research from Glen on the 2nd target.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf9QO-k7mAw&t=446s
Only debunk I can think of is the pilot was scouting the recovery site visually.
Alternatively not a good week to be showcasing the new Magnachinachev.
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