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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11740697/US-F-22-shoots-unidentified-object-Canada-Trudeau-gave-order-intercept-it.html

Fighter jets fail to locate new 'airborne object' detected
over Montana after military shut down airspace over 'radar
anomaly' - hours after US F-22 shoots down 'small cylindrical
object' over Canada

. . .

Wow - ANOTHER one !!!

Thing is, China/NK/Russia, will now be FUCKING with
us. The big balloon became a political liability, so from
now on they'll respond aggressively to most *anything*.

That means our enemies can just put up a few little balloons
a week and put us in a PANIC. The balloons don't have to be
very large or do ANYTHING (but a small nonsense transmitter
inside - worth a few bucks - would be a good for the "bait"
aspect).

A mere five or ten foot balloon dangling some radar-target
foil strips and at least looking like it has some solar
panels ..... our jets will be busy busy busy and Xi will
be laughing. A super-cheap way to cost us umpteen millions.

And no, we CAN'T ignore even one of them. A few really will
have spy equipment onboard (probably rigged to self-destruct
in case of interception).

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On Sat, 11 Feb 2023 23:39:02 -0500, "24B.R869" <26B.R869@noaaada.net> wrote:

Thing is, China/NK/Russia, will now be FUCKING with
us. The big balloon became a political liability, so from
now on they'll respond aggressively to most *anything*.

That means our enemies can just put up a few little balloons
a week and put us in a PANIC. The balloons don't have to be
very large or do ANYTHING (but a small nonsense transmitter
inside - worth a few bucks - would be a good for the "bait"
aspect).

You think US intel won't be able to tell the difference?

Swill
--
Reality is an acquired taste - Matthew Perry

Glory to the heroes! Glory to Ukraine!

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"24B.R869" <26B.R869@noaaada.net> wrote in news:5aqcnSYoh83o8HX-nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@earthlink.com:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11740697/US-F-22-shoots-uniden tified-object-Canada-Trudeau-gave-order-intercept-it.html

Fighter jets fail to locate new 'airborne object' detected
over Montana after military shut down airspace over 'radar
anomaly' - hours after US F-22 shoots down 'small cylindrical
object' over Canada

. . .

Wow - ANOTHER one !!!

Thing is, China/NK/Russia, will now be FUCKING with
us. The big balloon became a political liability, so from
now on they'll respond aggressively to most *anything*.

That means our enemies can just put up a few little balloons
a week and put us in a PANIC. The balloons don't have to be
very large or do ANYTHING (but a small nonsense transmitter
inside - worth a few bucks - would be a good for the "bait"
aspect).

A mere five or ten foot balloon dangling some radar-target
foil strips and at least looking like it has some solar
panels ..... our jets will be busy busy busy and Xi will
be laughing. A super-cheap way to cost us umpteen millions.

And no, we CAN'T ignore even one of them. A few really will
have spy equipment onboard (probably rigged to self-destruct
in case of interception).

Don't you miss the Trump days, when balloon
overflights were kept from the public and otherwise
ignored?

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