A Chinese Spy Balloon?

[blueskies]

I'm not as well versed as most in all aspects of aerospace and aerospace defense but who'd ever thought we would need to shoot down balloons in the twenty first century?

There were tethered balloons over Kabul for years and I think Kandahar too. I wouldn't be surprised if there are some in Syria right now.

 

[DBII]

Has anyone built this kit? Now you also can spy on your neighboring countries,

High-altitude balloons | Alioth Education

 

[hawkeye2an]

And another. Maybe a better way than $$$$$$ missiles per balloon is needed?

Eng

 

[hawkeye2an]

Maybe France still has some of this kit

 

[SaparotRob]

Where's Rosie?

 

[GrauGeist]

Where's Rosie?

Or the Bücker!

 

[GrauGeist]

 

[horseUSA]

the premier weapon of choice for this mission. AIM-9X

 

[Admiral Beez]

A hobby club in Illinois is missing a balloon. Was it shot down over Yukon? | CBC News

Last Saturday, the North American Aerospace Defence Command shot down an object over Yukon — one of four mysterious objects that were downed over the U.S. and Canada this month.

www.cbc.ca

“Last Saturday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) shot down an object over Yukon — one of four mysterious objects which have been shot down over North America this month.

That same day, Feb. 11, a small hobby club — the Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade (NIBBB) — received its last transmission from one of its pico balloons on its seventh circumnavigation around the world. The balloon was near Hagemeister Island, off the southwest corner of Alaska.”

 

[SaparotRob]

No E.T.?

 

[Shinpachi]

Looks like another Battle of L.A.
Or another Doolittle's aftermath in Japan in 1942.

 

[Admiral Beez]

No E.T.?

Polyorchidism?

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

No E.T.?

 

[WARSPITER]

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Don't worry about the kid on the bike, shoot down that big pale blue balloon behind him.

 

[GrauGeist]

Don't worry about the kid on the bike, shoot down that big pale blue balloon behind him.

No need to shoot down that big "pale balloon" - aparently, China intends to mine on it in the near future.

 

[WARSPITER]

Maybe that's why they are testing the balloons ?

 

[GrauGeist]

The balloons are just a ploy to mess with people's heads.

They have satellites that work just as well as any "spy balloon", just as the U.S. and other countries do.

 

[SaparotRob]

That's no moon. It's a space station.

 

[GrauGeist]

 

[manta22]

That's no moon. It's a space station.

Where have I heard that before?