China Sucks

[HamsterHookah 112]

10 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

China currently in the finding out stage and not enjoying it.

https://www.politico.eu/article/china-diplomacy-liu-he-europe-beijing-davos-world-economic-forum-xi-jinping/

China turns on the charm

President Xi Jinping seeks break from foreign friction as he wrestles with COVID and a faltering economy

 

Beijing wants to be friends again.

Chinese diplomats are fanning out with a new softer message for international partners and adversaries alike. Gone is the aggressive “wolf warrior” rhetoric. In its place, a warmer tone and a promise of economic cooperation.

 

China is like Wal-Mart. A bully when they are in the cat-bird seat to all it's "partners" and vendors and suppliers treating people like a mob boss-- we maybe will pay you and pay you what we think instead of what is agreed to. But then when e-commerce blew up, they had to find a little bit of religion on how to be "charming" as this article implies and rebuild relationships...

up until they were again dominant and could wield immense leverage, like they do again today.

The analogy I'm trying to draw here is that China can't be trusted and will be evil again as soon as they can get away with it.

[Bullneck 19,080]

17 hours ago, HamsterHookah said:

China is like Wal-Mart. A bully when they are in the cat-bird seat to all it's "partners" and vendors and suppliers treating people like a mob boss-- we maybe will pay you and pay you what we think instead of what is agreed to. But then when e-commerce blew up, they had to find a little bit of religion on how to be "charming" as this article implies and rebuild relationships...

up until they were again dominant and could wield immense leverage, like they do again today.

The analogy I'm trying to draw here is that China can't be trusted and will be evil again as soon as they can get away with it.

Someone PM MonkeyCigarette and let him know his account has been hacked.

[SmokeyTheBear 5,562]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/02/02/politics/us-tracking-china-spy-balloon/index.html

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The Pentagon is tracking a suspected Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon over the continental United States, a senior defense official said on Thursday.

 

The Pentagon has been tracking the balloon for several days as it made its way over the northern United States, Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said.

 

"We are confident that this high-altitude surveillance balloon belongs to the [People's Republic of China]," a senior defense official said. "Instances of this activity have been observed over the past several years, including prior to this administration."

They're getting ballsy

[HRSchenker 2,268]

[NAVY 6,740]

China has satellites for surveillance. Trial ballon for what 

 

[WBT 20,563]

15 minutes ago, NAVY said:

China has satellites for surveillance. Trial ballon for what 

 

Play joke?

[tx 3 putt 76,913]

Pop it 

[NAVY 6,740]

15 minutes ago, WBT said:

Play joke?

Like peepee in coke? 

[Blotto 23,498]

Welp.....welcome Covid II, Corona boogaloo

[Satchel 6,938]

Joe wanted to blow it up, but the military experts prevailed and he relented.

[SubliminalHorn 6,786]

Maybe it’s an EMP

[tx 3 putt 76,913]

1 hour ago, SubliminalHorn said:

Maybe it’s an EMP

 

red dust 

[Gil Bang 25,945]

Blinker postponed his visit.

[HamsterHookah 112]

14 hours ago, Satchel said:

Joe wanted to blow it up, but the military experts prevailed and he relented.

Would have been awesome.

[Red Five 40,854]

It was over Montana. If you blow it up, what are the odds the debris actually hits a person?

[Gatorubet 30,220]

1 hour ago, Red Five said:

It was over Montana. If you blow it up, what are the odds the debris actually hits a person?

For the love of God, would you think about Cooke City?

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1,549]

16 hours ago, Satchel said:

Joe wanted to blow it up, but the military experts prevailed and he relented.

he's the frikkin CiC, do as your'e told Generals.  Blow it up!! Live Stream! 

[HamsterHookah 112]

40 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

For the love of God, would you think about Cooke City?

+pos rep because I read this in J.R.'s voice from WWE Raw

[Neonmoon 38,129]

Gov: It’s possible the UFO our jets can’t keep up with is advanced Chinese spy technology 

Also Gov: China spy balloon spotted over Montana. 

[Underdog 28,615]

Closer look of Chyna balloon… 

[WhatTheBuck 28,777]

17 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Closer look of Chyna balloon… 

Can’t go out when it’s raining.

[Gengs1 2,583]

3 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

Blinker postponed his visit.

What pussies, say China postponed and we going to Taiwan.

blow the balloon up and call it an accident 

[WhatTheBuck 28,777]

Don’t we have any means of capturing it?

[Sbbruin 21,847]

3 hours ago, Red Five said:

It was over Montana. If you blow it up, what are the odds the debris actually hits a person?

I don't buy for a second that the concern is falling debris.  It's political/diplomatic.  But in my mind I see zero reason that fucker isn't on the ground right now.  Biden has to nut up here.

[Gatorubet 30,220]

35 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Don’t we have any means of capturing it?

A charming movie made even more charming by Jennifer Conley

[GreenspointTexas 9,600]

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1945-japanese-balloon-bomb-killed-six-americansfive-them-children-oregon-180972259/

[Sawbonz 27,548]

Is it too high up for a redneck to hit it?

 

Should have blown it up on principle. Really stupid

[Underdog 28,615]

16 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

Is it too high up for a redneck to hit it

Like that would stop them. 

[WBT 20,563]

No high school rocket clubs in Montana?

[Sbbruin 21,847]

1 hour ago, Sawbonz said:

Is it too high up for a redneck to hit it?

 

Should have blown it up on principle. Really stupid

Exactly.  Our airspace should be sacred.

[bolverk 29,671]

Not to be a wet blanket, but the balloon is already over Georgia and is at an altitude of 62,000 feet. I'm sure there are some rednecks in Georgia who'd love to take a shot at it but doubt even the most committed would have much luck.

https://www.flightradar24.com/HBAL617/2f098365

Edited February 3, 2023 by bolverk
link added

[Blotto 23,498]

2 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

 

The mission is too important. We need to call in the big guns

[tokamak 6,422]

Saw a rumor that the plan to shoot it down once it gets over the Atlantic.

[NAVY 6,740]

Err Merr Gerrd 

Open boarder disaster! Balloon gonna take our jerbs! 
 

Get the Santa tracker on it! But not on musky twitter 

[WhatTheBuck 28,777]

58 minutes ago, tokamak said:

Saw a rumor that the plan to shoot it down once it gets over the Atlantic.

Not a rumor. CBS News reported tonight that military leaders want to do that so it can be done safely. 

[bolverk 29,671]

Disregard my post above. FlightRadar24 has relabeled it. LOL

[WhatTheBuck 28,777]

This is not the Chinese balloon you are looking for.

[4th&Five 41,526]

[NAVY 6,740]

Swarm next. Proof of concept complete 

[elfenix 34,234]

4 hours ago, bolverk said:

Disregard my post above. FlightRadar24 has relabeled it. LOL

a chinese spy balloon wouldn't be broadcasting ADS-B, so would not show up on flightradar24 or other trackers.   

 

that balloon is from this company:

https://aerostar.com/products/balloons-airships/thunderhead-balloons

a search for that registration finds a reddit thread from before the chinese balloon news  popped

[InkaUtexas 25,911]

10 hours ago, Gengs1 said:

What pussies, say China postponed and we going to Taiwan.

blow the balloon up and call it an accident 

Launch SpaceX and blame Elon. 

[27-25 2,047]

12 hours ago, longhornmatt said:

China will become the leading superpower in the world!

<Peter Zeihan>Well, maybe not</Peter Zeihan>

[Zeus 6,021]

1 hour ago, elfenix said:

a chinese spy balloon wouldn't be broadcasting ADS-B, so would not show up on flightradar24 or other trackers.   

 

that balloon is from this company:

https://aerostar.com/products/balloons-airships/thunderhead-balloons

a search for that registration finds a reddit thread from before the chinese balloon news  popped

 

So no flight plan filed with FAA and no transponder? Isn't that dangerous for other aircraft? 

Another reason it's insane this has gone on this long. The full story isn't being told.

Do they need another rod of God? Or is that only happening when they manipulate their currency?

 

 

[elfenix 34,234]

Just now, Zeus said:

So no flight plan filed with FAA and no transponder? Isn't that dangerous for other aircraft? 

at 65,000 feet the only aircraft are military and they know exactly where this thing is and have for days. 

[Zeus 6,021]

7 minutes ago, elfenix said:

at 65,000 feet the only aircraft are military and they know exactly where this thing is and have for days. 

Probably have known for a week, it's so big it took off from land and was easily tracked across the Pacific... Why let it cruise across and into the US airspace at all? 

Also, even at 50,000+ it's still a danger if it's an EMP... 

I don't think shoot it down, I think capture it and investigate it. 

Fill the memory card with tons of Winnie the Pooh and send it back home.

[Zeus 6,021]

 

 

Edited February 4, 2023 by Zeus

[Zeus 6,021]

 

5:00

[Sawbonz 27,548]

We should have never known this thing existed. As soon as it was over US waters it should have been downed. What would China do? Complain that their illegal spying device was destroyed in US airspace?

[tx 3 putt 76,913]

24 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

We should have never known this thing existed. As soon as it was over US waters it should have been downed. What would China do? Complain that their illegal spying device was destroyed in US airspace?

shoot it down over water 

[HenryJames 66,045]