Commanders at Norad said there's no sign that a second Chinese spy balloon flew into North American airspace.
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in boxing this is called a feint, its used to preview the defensive response of your opponent
This is what i think
it was a big old fashioned response test. on that the west failed.
Feints are actually usually done to mislead your opponents more so than collecting intel but sure.
@Wibster they’re used for both purposes equally, depending on the fighter
@Wibster bot
Hmmm, lucky thing it’s not boxing. 🤔
Please explain how a BALLOON flies a programmed route.
What engines did it use to overcome the force of the wind so that it could go in a direction other than the wind was blowing?
You’re obviously not a international spy engineer. You wouldn’t understand the technology even if I explained it to your simpleton mind.
@samljer do you realize how much power you need to pressurize helium? Like you can’t just dump it straight from the balloon into a canister and back again.
It uses wind paths going up and down to catch Windstream
If the Americans said it was programmed, it was programmed. Don’t argue.
@Benny Lam do u think these ballons just randomly go wher ever?
It’s a “Command” not an initiative.
This is the most ridiculous article I have read about the balloon.
Absolute unexplainable as to why this device wasn’t shut down already over the Alaska … why did our government allow for this device to enter and traverse Canadian airspace?
@Sans the NWS has radars that can detect up to 100,000 feet. high altitude balloons can go to about 130,000 feet.
radars are not full proof.
@Dataanti that balloon was at around 70k.
@ItzCozy why NORAD tracked it long before the press found out. Pointless to destroy it until over the ocean and that is what they did
Because as a Canadian I can confirm this country is a joke
@Edward key Agreed, Justin has probably already called Xi to apologize.
Id like to ask why that thing was practically ready to fly over my doorstep! I live in the oil drum of Canada ( Alberta ) plus what is there to hide?. Its not like oodles of funding is being pumped into the Canadian armed forces for something unknown. Jeesh.
This must of been a reconnaissance mission to see if we’re still alive after the Covid virus.
In the age of having a “Space Force” and they don’t know balloons are flying overhead! Yikes!
*You are witnessing the decline of common sense throughout the full spectrum of the demographics.*
ps. and feeling shameless about it too.
Time to return the favour and send our own spy ballon. I’ll provide the balloons making my way to Dollarama now.
Lol
stores closed.
It’s not as if the Americans ever used the cover story of “it’s only a weather balloon”
Why they need those balloon satellites if satellites are in space and can be accessed any time?
balloon programmed to travel a specific path … wow sounds so high tech😂
It had propellers
Sounds like someone rips one at 0:18 then he starts talking louder 😂
Let’s not forget or ignore that we this thing went through Canada, after Alaska. We only heard about it once it got into Montana. Somethings up 🤔
The public hearing about it and the militaries knowing about it are two different things though.
jokes on them, the new covid variant was inside.
It is fun to imagine a balloon can be programmed to travel over continents WITH determined route.. lol..
0:12. Lol I’ll help you bud. NORAD is, “of course,” the North American Aerospace Defence Command.
Certainly what it looks like. How this entered our air space is a serious question.
Pretty sure I saw one last summer. Near selfridge air base.