A Chinese Spy Balloon?

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

It flew over Missouri this afternoon. Went over our house. My buddy got a pic of it.

 

[fubar57]

#2..... https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-spy-balloon-1.6735770

 

[hawkeye2an]

Could be seen from NW Missouri this afternoon. The sheer audacity of this is what bugs me. I have heard that we will shoot it down over the Atlantic. Why did we not shoot it down over the Pacific? If it is because we didn't detect it, then just WOW! Scary that we did not pass this test, but good that we will be thinking of ways to not let it happen again.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Could be seen from NW Missouri this afternoon. The sheer audacity of this is what bugs me. I have heard that we will shoot it down over the Atlantic. Why did we not shoot it down over the Pacific? If it is because we didn't detect it, then just WOW! Scary that we did not pass this test, but good that we will be thinking of ways to not let it happen again.

If understood it correctly, it was first detected over Canada. It first entered US airspace from Canada into Montana.

 

[DBII]

Shoot it down?

No politics. Simple question.

 

[MIflyer]

Well, here is what supposed to be the latest track info as of 0600 EST today.

It clearly is headed for Kitty Hawk NC. Coincidence? I think not!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

There is already a thread dedicated to the Balloon. Please direct all posts to that one.

 

[Marcel]

Went over our house.

And just when you were standing butt naked under the outdoor shower.....

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

And just when you were standing butt naked under the outdoor shower.....

What they saw going over my house.

 

[Airframes]

Don't know what all the fuss is about.
It's been reported that the "spy" balloon belongs to a member of the Chinese branch of the IPMS, who lost radio control of it when he was trying to get a colour picture for a model he is building ..................

 

[Marcel]

Don't know what all the fuss is about.
It's been reported that the "spy" balloon belongs to a member of the Chinese branch of the IPMS, who lost radio control of it when he was trying to get a colour picture for a model he is building ..................

You think roadking is owner of that balloon?

 

[Denniss]

They'll need a gun-equipped aircraft with non-explosive ammo that punches some holes in the balloon to have it slowly lose altitude

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

They'll need a gun-equipped aircraft with non-explosive ammo that punches some holes in the balloon to have it slowly lose altitude

Happened 25 years ago, and the balloon did not come down. Over a thousand rounds were fired into it.

When a weather balloon went rogue almost 25 years ago, fighter jets fired 1,000 rounds at it and couldn't bring it down

"With something like this, which is stationary in the air when the CF-18s are flying very, very fast, it is difficult to shoot it," a lieutenant said.

news.yahoo.com

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Wait 'til it gets off the Atlantic coast and pop a couple of AMRAAMs at it while it's still over our territorial waters. Until then escort it with a couple of EF-18s so it cannot transmit telemetry or observational data.

 

[DBII]

Could be seen from NW Missouri this afternoon. The sheer audacity of this is what bugs me. I have heard that we will shoot it down over the Atlantic. Why did we not shoot it down over the Pacific? If it is because we didn't detect it, then just WOW! Scary that we did not pass this test, but good that we will be thinking of ways to not let it happen again.

I saw where there was a second one in south America.

 

[DBII]

A little tough to get the boat into Montana, I would think.......

Never say never. It is the navy

 

[DBII]

They'll need a gun-equipped aircraft with non-explosive ammo that punches some holes in the balloon to have it slowly lose altitude

I was thinking an F4 or F104 attack run.

 

[Snautzer01]

I go like this ;

 

[GrauGeist]

Aparently, the balloon was just shot down this morning as it passed over the east coast.

Wonder if the array will be recovered for examination?