What retired fighter pilot thinks about shooting down Chinese spy balloon
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- Опубліковано 3 лют 2023
- Retired Air Force Lieutenant General David Deptula discusses how the US military could shoot down a Chinese spy balloon floating over the continental United States.
#CNN #News
If it was a harmless mistake then why didn’t China acknowledge that it was coming our way?
Because
A) It’s not harmless
B) It’s not a mistake
If it's out of control it stands to reason they don't know where it's going
The same reason they didn't tell us C19 was ready and on the way
@@DannyMancheno lmao it might not even be Chinese. Any foreign object flying in our airspace gets shot down. Seems like a hoax to me
It’s not inherently common for foreign governments to be fully transparent and forthcoming with their global adversaries. Expect smoke and mirrors.
Sun Tzu Art of War 101: To create confusion and panic in your opponent's territory, launch a large balloon.
They didn't have rage and freeze
Ballooney
It “accidentally” flew right over intercontinental bomber bases.
Yes very odd isn't it.......
How do you this?
With a WHOLE LOT OF HELP FROM CHINA
China is really lying of what it’s purpose .. I don’t believe in their lies
A big lie by this CCP
Option 3 is tht they're just testing response times in which case its the smart move not to instantly react and give them that data.
They knew the news was done with Covid so they wanted to give us something else to complain about
Of course the government knew it was there before it even reached the mainland. It's the size of a house, if our radar can't pick up a floating house we need to start asking some questions about where the defence budget is going
When I become President Of The United States one day iam going to finish what George W Bush and Barack Obama Started which is a strong Military and not the weak one trump and biden have created.
Eff you traitor.
There’s an entire base called Ft. Greeley in Alaska where the balloon flew solely devoted to air defense and radar. They definitely saw it and could have taken it out with SAMs that are operational unlike Patriot missiles or something.
politicians pockets we're else could it be going
Radar works by detecting right angles. That's why our stealth aircraft have none. How many right angles does a balloon have?
Air Force veteran here, the balloon was not shot down over Alaska because US intelligence wanted to monitor the telemetry from the balloon. Being patient will have delivered a lot of useful intelligence.
In actuality a balloon of this type is 1950's technology.
Also, there was possible risk of fallout if it had been carrying nuclear material.
You don't know that.
A balloon for spying is anceint but the equipment on it would not be ancient.
It doesnt matter as long as it did its job of poking fun on US and made US appear stupid. Besides one should wonder why use balloon when they have state of the art satellites that can see better.
Thank you for the first intelegent6 reply in this thread. This is China's Gary Powers moment.
It could not be shot down in mid-air, I mean blown up over a city, it was to be taken by helicopter to the high seas and eliminated, the risk of whether or not it is a Trojan horse is very large, especially in times of war . The local population just below has to be monitored for 40 days (quarantine) it was an unthinkable attitude from the point of view of the risk of being a biological agent inside that balloon.
They're just looking down laughing their asses off at us implode from within
Meanwhile we give Israel $10 million a day to spy on us and to help their good buddy China
One balloon is a mistake but 3 balloons, I'd say that... it poses some serious questions imo.
LOL ONE BALLOON IS NOT A MISTAKE ITS AN ACT OF WAR!
We have 3 balloons now?
how is it a threat and an act of war. I am genuinely asking.
@@jesusguerra7980 i invade your home? you going to rub my back pedro?
@@sunnyd6019 Its not an act of war, but its part of the prelude to war. They're testing their ability to attack us before invading Taiwan.
Usually, when a civilian ballon veered off course it’s immediately be reported to other affected countries. The Chinese only reported it when it’s spotted.
😏 Bigly like WuFlu 😏
red october silent as a church on monday
Exactly
It's clearly out of control. Just like the three precision-guided US bombs that hit the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia, it was a mistake.
@@dddddh1 👍🏻😇 That's hopeful 😇👍🏻
The ballon was a test of how the President and US military respond. They failed.
Seems there might be some advantages to shooting down over water if your goal is to recover the device.
This could be a test run for the main event...
It could have a new strain of covid, oranthrax, etc in it.
Exactly
This bullshit will get the War started
That was my thought too.
I was thinking the same thing. It may be filled with some deadly substance. Geeze! I think this is a trial run, just to see what the response will be. Something better be done about this, this was no mistake.
I think the military had every intention of shooting it down once it was over shallow ocean water where it could be retrieved relatively intact.
They have now shot it down, they even rolled out an f22 to sneak up on it! 🤣😂
Any thing that hits the water from 60,000 feet is going to end up in a million pieces. The water is like cement when something hits it.
Exactly.
Relatively intact? Any object that is roughly 2 city buses in size that is in free fall from 60k feet will be obliterated upon impact with water. Relatively intact is a ridiculous notion.
You haven't been to Wyoming, there is more antelope than there are people. It is so sparse that shooting this thing down, it would have to have a laser finder to hit someone.
Unfortunately or not, I think this is might send us back on the course of 'Prepare for the worse, hope for the best...'
Thank you General 😊
Kim JongUn: Oh.. I got an idea. Switch from missiles to Balloon, so easy!
It’s a GREAT question… how TF did that thing get into our airspace
China paid Biden to let it go!
No one controls the way the wind blows
@@stevemcevoy5628
You really believe it came over by wind? There is no wind at 60,000 feet genius 🙄
@@smy5607and it kept stopping and going. They knew exactly what they were doing. Testing to see how far they can take it. Us have to be on high alert
It was a balloon it floated although likely used flaps, propellers or something else to change directions.
True it may be benign civilian balloon but what if it is testing defence response?
Maybe they let it go in order to find out what it's capabilities were. In a way, we can get more information out of it by letting it go, and jamming it's ability to "phone home".
Silly how a balloon can cause so much trouble, but in reality, it's an act of war. China is literally testing our response and we're here like oooo look a balloon!
Act of war?
Eat Chinese food and shut up.
Maybe we better watch where are flying into next time around South Sea in China
@@Ahda108 what?
Wasn't there a clown who hid in the sewers with a red balloon ? If we were gonna shoot the damn thing down it would have been before it even reached the Mainland
Kinda worst than that. They're running around in circles. Brandon probably handed over the keys to China cause he's stumped.
It's a balloon for meteorological observations.
What makes it funny is the balloon accidentally fly through some susceptive military base and the overreact of American media.
I can't even fly my drone anywhere I want.
Maximum ceiling altitude of F-15 is 65k feet, so yes we can reach that altitude and there are F-15's in Alaska.
We're in for it now nothing is good about this I pray for all of us God Bless everyone
What a way to get the trolling started this year…
exactly!
I'd say gaslighting rather than trolling, but lots of overlap in the terms, so trolling works too :)
The 2nd? When was the first?
You say in the beginning that the public first learned about it on Thursday when it was over Montana. It was known about by the military, and Administration long before that. Why wait until it's noticed to report on it? And why did it just happen to take routes over several Military Bases? Including where our Stealth Bombers are located.
Bring that ballon down in one piece and see what they were spying on. You'll find out something real bad.
You sure? Could be transmitting data and wiping data after it transfers.
First you have to be able to reach it.
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@AA-BB Elon musk could have already hacked the transmitters in the balloon so US has been feeding fake information to red china!
@@tioswift3676 are you on drugs?
Many people have assumed that the location of the silos and launch centers is hidden. That's not true. They have long been clearly visible in earth observation satellite images, available to the public. Additionally, the exact locations were revealed in a book published in 1988.
Well... you know... and the international treaties that require them to periodically open the silo lids for verification 🙄
@@springbloom5940 - Good points. Sometimes keeping the public in the dark is perceived as being more useful than revealing what the advisories already know.
@@vernonbrechin4207
Thank you for the civility. I regret the snarkiness.
It's really irrelevant because there are enough icbm on submarines lol
@@kevinfitzpatrick2779 - There certainly are enough. The vast majority of people that paid for them are clueless regarding how many IRBMs are on those Trident subs. Its approximately 192 thermonuclear warheads. The source for this is the following.
Nuclear Notebook: United States nuclear weapons, 2023
By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, January 16, 2023
Personally, I view the deterrence situation as if anyone attempts to attack us we are willing to destroy life on this planet. It's kind of a terrorist threat.
A single shot at it from a small caliber round would likely cause it to lose altitude slowly. An F-16 could probably set it down without destroying it.
Seeing what it is could determine how to react to it. It has to be set down relatively undamaged to know.
US: I fear no one, but that balloon...have to shoot it down with a missile.
CN: Lmao, 30 more coming your way!
This is a pawn in chess. It’s a move and people are watching reaction time and response. I say we accidentally send a balloon too with a middle finger painted on it.
At least that balloon could of showed it's papers. How rude!
I just read a Chinese news, basically what I got is Blinking cancelled his "China trip" which was never announced by Chinese government, does that mean he was never invited in the first place?
😆😂 LOL
Biden ballooni
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If they floated the balloon over El Paso, VP Harris would have welcomed it.
So specific GPS coordinates can easily target missile silos and major military air bases.
This balloon reaction of ours reminds me of Chicken Little.
I can just picture the aviator who was given the assignment to shoot down the balloon returning to his squadroom and being greeted with "Hey Top Gun"
Yeah, there'll be a lot of that, for a while...
"Did ya make a clean getaway?!"
If he doesn't have condoms that are blown up with air tied to his locker when he returns, I'll be very disappointed in our military.
"From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matthew 4:17
"Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." Matthew 5:38-39
"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." Matthew 6:5-6.
This would be a commendation type action potentially. Shooting down a spy balloon off US territory and hitting it so precisely you damage only the balloon and not the payload.
Finders keepers. Your ball ends up in my yard becomes my ball.
Right same here if it comes to Florida
Well it's still flying so unless traitor Biden does something it ain't ours. Biden is working for China so my guess is he won't do shit. We need to arrest him and charge him with treason.
Wish it was true with Cows..
@@AS-vq3wt Why did you delete your comment guy?
@Dad Jokes Kill I didn't delete anything. If it sinks to the bottom of the ocean how tf we gonna get it? He shoulda shot it over land but the traitor Biden didn't want to piss off his Chinese masters.
It will be interesting to find if it's course actually followed any weather pattern, especialy afer it entered US airspace.
Here we r worried about foreign threats when the biggest threat to our national security is sitting in our own backyard.
It will be interesting to see what gear is on the recovered balloon. Hope there is a transparent report to be done.
Hmm, would suggest the US Navy would be shrewd enough not to mention in detail what debris they recovered.
Keep the Chinese guessing as to what technology and data was recovered.
And, the debris fell in US waters so Chinese can't send in one of their own recovery ships without causing further diplomatic offence as it were.
Perhaps China should have thought it through first?
I speculate the next time it happens the US will have found a way to put a small hole in the envelope so it falls "more slowly" to earth ... American earth ...
Chinese might put a self destruct capability in their balloons but debris would fall anywhere and cause a bigger diplomat incident if any US citizen or facility got damaged.
I speculate further the US could claim some US people or property was damaged and make incident bigger itself.
Which brings us back to whether Chinese think anything through ... like the Taiwan issue, say.
@@t1n4444 It will most likely say: Made in China LOL.
@@jackclark9671
But in "Chinese" ...
Bwahaha 🤣 Surely you gest.
Our defense budget mustn't cover Balloon threats I guess.
It actually doesn’t; we didn’t read the fine print
Yeah….after they left 80 to 90 billion worth of military equipment in Afghanistan, we just have spit wads and rubber bands left.
Extra budget needed to build special fighter aircraft for this specific threat.
With radar/Satellite surveillance, we had exact 'incoming' coordinates. We waited so we could recover it much more easily. Probably less than 100 feet of water. Childs play. No threat.
How vulnerable we are
This "spy balloon" 🎈 drama is hilarious.
I agree. Much ado about nothing. So silly and petty.
Japan sent balloon bombs back in the day, its amazing this has been allowed to stay up there. You fly a drone too close to an airport, you'll be in handcuffs, but this balloon gets carte blanche??
They are still finding those payloads too
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The US flies drones at the same altitiude as this balloon is, over China constantly & airports don't get shut down because of it!
Open borders at every angle..
Hunter sold China the air space, and The Big Guy got his 10%. Is anyone surprised?
This guy just throws out ideas for our enemies to defeat us
IM READY LETS GET THIS
It entered our🇨🇦 airspace and it isnt even being reported up here as far as i can tell. Ridiculous!
Because that paper moon could have been transmitting back what it was collecting to where it launched from initially. So, therefore it could have collected information already. Possibly could see with infrared even, released something in the air, who knows
EXACTLY, on ALL points!
Well said
Any information it had it was transmitting while it picked it up. shooting it down doesn't help really
Like data on the aircraft and missiles they sent at it?
What, do you not know Chinese satellites have way more detailed shots???? Like we have of China!!!!
Underfunded!!!!!! How in the world is any part of our military UNDERFUNDED!!!
So basically an attack with thousands of balloons carrying explosives would be much more effective than seven or eight surface to surface missles
No.
They will be easy to stop.
@@caryfrancis7412 that's a relief, thanks.
Shooting it down over Montana should not have been a problem.
wait my sons up there!! 😫
@@takearight. My sun's up there too.
@@saneasthenextguy196 your sun? my sun too. 😁
What is wrong with these imbeciles in these comments. It was never a problem. Our real experts want to recover as much of it intact as possible, don't you get it? Hard land versus hard water??
The HIGH officials were afraid it might have landed on some sage brush in remote Montana, causing a dent in the ground. Better to let it spy on the entire US main land, just for safety sake.
I just want to know how the air force base in Alaska responded when it first appeared.
Airman: huh, that's weird. Oh well
The military might have been able to tap into the signals the balloon was sending. As a result, they likely wanted to observe its behaviour and try to see what it was capturing. Imagine if the Chinese say the balloon is for weather and the signals indicate it's about something very different. I am sure they quickly ascertained if the balloon represented a threat or not a deemed that it did not pose an immediate threat. therefore waiting until its over water to shoot it down is a prudent move.
We know they have cleared all air traffic in the area? But what about the boat traffic (fishing boats, cruise ships, etc)???
The general got a whole paragraph of credentials. 😭😂
The news anchor literally sounded like a Medieval royal butler announcing the arrival of a big wig noble to the king. "Presenting so and so, titles titles titles, to his majesty." 🙄
Then his first word was "um."
@@Jake_Steiner Lord of Sussex, Duke of Somerset, Steak of Salisbury, Lord of Langburry, Chicken of Parmesan...lmao.
those credentials don't guarantee he knows what he is talking.
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A $100 says this fighter pilot will be writing a book on this mission before this decade is over.
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Maybe the balloon contains biological weapon material of some sort.
wow, good point. Also, getting information from our Military Installations and Banks etc. Not that they cannot get that anyway and probably do now but, this is TOO CLOSE TO HOME. OUR HOMELAND SECURITY is at issue here. SHOOT IT DOWN. I don't give a crap what DJT Jr said, I didn't see it just heard what he said, who cares. This US ARMY INVESTIGATOR and US Citizens demands this Chinese POS be shot down. As they would to ours. Can you imagine if USA HAD A BALLOON FOR MILITARY PURPOSES Hovering over CHINESE CITIES? LMAO They'd have SHOT IT DOWN DAY ONE. Fact. Fact. F*** China. They made trillions of dollars selling us their crap products and building a MILITARY to start a WAR with USA. They will too George. Sorry brother...I am just upset knowing what I do.
This is probably how China spread Covid into our country.
Do biological weapons work faster than nukes? Just wondering. Let's say you're right. Do you think that's just it? Game over? Yall can't see past the headlines.
Interesting theory. I thought the same. We are just starting to get past a pandemic that they caused. Now we have a 1. Balloon from China in America air space 2. It’s a huge balloon at 60 thousand feet 3. America has no idea what is in this balloon.4. If there is something biological in this object that could harm American citizens. There is so much wrong in this . To me it’s an act of war.
It's the Winnie the pooh care package for Joe
Unreal how we have let that happen.
Joe Biden will do the right thing. He’s the best President we’ve ever had! Go Joe!!! 🇺🇸 💙
@@tioswift3676 You are jocking, right?
And this is the evidence of his administration failure.
Trump is an egocentric idiot, and Biden is a clueless old man.
We are in trouble.
Unreal how we've let this country go to the dogs
@@aerospacesystems8658 He’s the best President we’ve had hands down
@Salty Pureblood I’m pregnant 🤰
And this is why he's retired. Yes let's just let it fall in a civilian area, we specifically waited for it to move over water to minimize the risk.
This general points his finger at under-funding without even giving any concrete example of what relation it may have with this balloon not being stopped early enough. That’s not serious.
Apart from that, I agree that this could have been a much more serious threat. The US should take any such airspace violation much more seriously, and adapt its warning sensors if needed to watch for any possible intrusion at all altitudes.
The same balloon floated over Kauai, a couple years ago, where we have a missile testing facility
Yes well, Trump let several balloons flying over the US, didn't mention then, didn't do anything about them, but did say Biden was all in on China lol
LMAO
@@rombaft According to a Pentagon spokesman, three balloons "briefly" entered U.S. airspace, during Trump's term. However, Trump's Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper, said the Pentagon never told him about the incursions.
@@rombaft NORAD's top General said the allegation is nonsense. He said NORAD has no record of any foreign balloons entering U.S. airspace, during Trump's term.
@kahanakahuna1470 man, it has already been confirmed by several sources and generals, even fox New now admits and report that there was a balloon over Texas and florida
He's talkin the most sense I've heard on this topic.
I agree, finally someone who knows the subject matter stated it clearly and succinctly
Lmfao I bet you believed him didn't you.
It's not about belief I actually agree with his perception of the situation.
Is a threatening either good / bad intentions in airspace without permission
Those that forget history are destined to repeat it. December 7th 1941
The ex general says-- "another balloon could carry an EMP device" why not this one?
...because the military knows whats up and told us so. #pleasekeepup
Because we have them too...
A single EMP isn't going to do a damn thing. Our military is guarded against that type of attack, so attacking us with an EMP isn't going to do anything but piss us off and warrant retaliation. There is also the inverse Square law. That means the EMP would do a good job of shutting down a few dozen ranch homes in Montana, and not much else. Not exactly the master stroke everyone thinks an EMP would be.
It would have to be 400 times larger to lift a nuclear weapon but pathogens are another story, I can't believe that a general actually said that???
Because he just told us what will happen next ...oops
The fact that this balloon is still aloft, and that we're even discussing it, says so much about this administration.
I imagine that there were 3 meetings about it before it even entered our airspace, and then it was determined that it was too late.
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If you have tik tok, the chinese communist party is already spying on you. #truth
It’s shot down
I don't think any administration in recent decades independently knows what to do in this situation, they aren't tactical or military analysts, and so they just ask the military/intelligence generals and directors to advise on the threat and potential course of action and then make a decision. If the military advised the president to not shoot it down, I think it's fine that the president accepted that. I don't think that it was determined "too late". If the balloon was deemed too much of a threat, I think the military would rather deal with fallout damage than let it keep floating.
@@tioswift3676 I'm past the point where I can tell when people are trying to be sarcastic.
This could be a test how effective US defense radar in detecting an aircraft that sneak in within identified air defense Zone.
I believe it was a test to see how we watching the air space not good
Did he just said we have no surface to air missile systems around the coast to protect the Us? :(
Yep, sippy cup sent everything to Ukraine, don't forget 10% for the big guy
We haven't employed that capability since the 60's. And then it was predominantly the Nike Hercules system with nuclear warheads primarily intended for Soviet Bombers. That said F-102 and F-106 squadrons were often at the same bases.
It is a Odd comment. I would be willing to guess great things we do have, but it doesnt seem right to post it. U know it does seem funny we have all this capability but theres nothing on the ground there they could comandeer. supossidly. Maybe we had a shot but it was in repair and the second one wouldn't start , lol
What we know know is that it was shot down with relative ease.............once it completed it's mission.
An absolute joke that is.
It doesn’t matter if it was a spy ballon or not. Once it enters restricted air space, it had to be taken out.
I have to learn so many laws and regulations to fly my consumer drone 50 feet In my backyard but someone from across the globe can get away with this . 😆
Beijing Biden welcomes the balloon
Another great example of reactive leadership instead of proactive. No wonder everything sucks.
Much BS about nothing. Any pilot can rent a small plane and fly almost anywhere in the US. An F-22 cost $85,000 per hour of flight time and the missile $600,000. Just another waste of tax money.
Under funded airforce?
How many jets and missiles do you need to shoot down a balloon?
"that's a great question" THAT'S WHY HE ASKED IT.
Settle down, Beavis
AND HE ANSWERED IT lol see we both have the ability to use caps.
US airspace as secure as the border.
thanks Biden !!
1 yearl left we counting down the minutes
We need to act with a strong retaliation. Hit hard and swift!
Imagine the damage an EMP carrying balloon could cause along that same path.
SURVEY OF CHOICE FARMLAND, RARE ELEMENTS, ... WHAT ELSE?
The Columbia space shuttle exploded and debris landed all over east Texas and Louisiana and nobody on the ground got hurt.
That is a great dice roll precedent.
Smashed a guys garage all to shit, however. We were lucky.
But if it did, who would have been blamed? No one, because it was an accident. If Biden orders it shot down and it kills or maims Americans, he gets blamed. Also, what does shooting it down accomplish?
Well, that’s Texas, though.
That was an accident, simpie
“So long and thanks for all the fish”
What happened to the second balloon?
99 red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's red alert
There's something here from somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky
The 99 red balloons go by
We can safely redirect an asteroid, but can't safely take down a balloon..makes sense
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An asteroid 7 million miles away isn't the same as a balloon floating right above our heads being shot down and raining burning shrapnel and debris everywhere. Makes sense.
It has been shot down over the Atlantic
@@tioswift3676 you actually think Biden makes any decisions? Lmfao bro you’re restarded he doesn’t even know what fucking room he’s in.
Nop not at all
General Deptuła - our Polish man in the US Army. Kościuszko would be happy. 💪👍
Is the balloon directional?
Up around Alaska the Alution Islands is where it should have been stopped.
How? With what what specific assets?
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Begun, the Balloon Wars have.
Gotta watch out for the Germans....
99 luftballons are on the way
As for why it was let to move into the US, that is the perfect location to make the maximum political / diplomatic noise and squeeze out whatever they think can be squeezed out diplomatically. Probably Canada said we have nothing urgent to make noise on, and let it pass over so its partner can start the noise, and Biden can look decisive etc. I also speculate that the balloon was unexpectedly lowered to an easily visible height due to the extreme cold at the ground level, pulling the air down.
How could it be so far inland without detection. Could of been carrying a chem weapon, or a filthy weapon
"There aren't many planes, only the F-15"
Brilliant former air force general, we only have about 250 F-15s. They're seriously rare.
Be a good way to deliver an EMP attack, all you have to do is fly a few and see how they perform.
Oh, right.
Most equipment is sitting in Poland waiting to "assist" the Ukraine because it helps hide Biden messes.
Remember the land mine bomb balloons that landed in Washington and Oregon. I would think our national defense army would be better by now.
I can understand why you would think that way but "balloon warfare" isn't really a thing. I think the Pentagon should conduct an internal investigation to examine the timeline of events, what decisions were made when, and what changes to capability, ROE, etc should be necessary.
I think shooting it down over civilian territory would be irresponsible. I heard it was carrying explosive charges for self destruction. I mean seriously….
Let the Recon Balloon gather everything it wanted then shoot it down just offshore so you can gather the equipment for analysis. Shoot it down from 65k feet so when it crashes there's nothing left to recover? I'll take option A.
Once again the world is laughing at Biden and his supporters.
There’s one in South America as well. It’s observing the points of entry into the US.
Good job China
They want to know how Obama got in
Making sure illegal entries don't slow down!!
Nothing like China making plans to attack us