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So called "Weather Balloon" - what are your thoughts??
- Thread starter BLUEKNIGHT911
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Woodenfish
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OR... was it a very successful 'planned hesitation' intended to cause significant obfuscation regarding their true reaction time for some undisclosed future event?!
:thumbup:
IdahoMtnSpyder
Active member
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.
Cobwebs
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Well apart from these bits anyway..............
https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=2f2a9dfac10ba294JmltdHM9MTY3NTkwMDgwMCZpZ3VpZD0wZTIwYjhmZC0yNGRjLTZlZGMtMzE0MC1hYTg4MjUzNjZmZTMmaW5zaWQ9NTMxOA&ptn=3&hsh=3&fclid=0e20b8fd-24dc-6edc-3140-aa8825366fe3&psq=english+writing+on+balloon&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vd2F0Y2g_dj1OTExlaC1fZlNBcw&ntb=1
hyea:
ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
Glad to see #2 was taken care of quickly. Time will tell on who, what, where. :bowdown:
ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
Number three confirmed and shot down over the Yukon in Canada. A US fighter shot it down. Hopefully, we will find out what is going on here.
Cobwebs
New member
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.
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.
Alaska waters are frozen over and we had bases there. Much easier to gain info when its on land and not at the bottom of the sea. It was a weak argument at best.
ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
I have noted twice now that when a military spokesman is giving a briefing, that it is a one star general, not one of the more influential ones. :dontknow:
wyliec
New member
He is the Pentagon Press Secretary. That is his job. That seems pretty influential to me. But then, anyone over E-5 was influential to me, when I was in.
IdahoMtnSpyder
Active member
Correct, if, and it's a BIG 'IF', you are assured the disintegration of the payload will be no worse when it lands on a hard surface like ice vs. landing on a not so hard surface like water. IMO, if the payload landed flat then the disintegration on land or ice would possibly be not much worse than landing on water. But, if the payload, which supposedly was shaped something like an airplane body, landed end first then it more likely would suffer less damage. Plus the water where it landed is only about 50 feet deep. Guys worked on material, using long poles, in water 40 feet deep at the nuclear facility where I worked after college.
I don't remember who it was who said, "For every problem there is an answer is that obvious, simple, and wrong!" You may be correct, but whoever was charged with making the decision obviously did not see it the same way.
IdahoMtnSpyder
Active member
Communication with the public is a staff responsibility. 4 star generals are not staff, they're bosses! 1 star generals are staff and do the bidding of the bosses. You can be sure that whatever was said was green lighted by the bosses.
