Chinese spy balloon hovering over Montana

[hog88]

My question is why was it not hit as it entered our airspace.
They have said they were aware of it before it got into our airspace.
Especially if it’s not the first time.

Eggsaxtly.

 

[hog88]

He acted. It's shot down and over with and no lives were risked. Not sure what you're mad about

There was plenty of opportunity to take it down BEFORE it traversed CONUS.

 

[hog88]

I said could've killed someone. And I meant nobody was in danger from the debris field.

You do realize we launch rockets and recover spacecraft moving thousands of miles an hour don’t you?

 

[0nelilreb]

He acted. It's shot down and over with and no lives were risked. Not sure what you're mad about

How many billions of dollars did it cost us to track it 24/7 , jam it , shoot it down and retrieve it instead of giving the green light to the big boom stick over Montana or Idaho ?

 

[ETV]

He acted. It's shot down and over with and no lives were risked. Not sure what you're mad about

Surely you can’t be serious?

 

[hog88]

How many billions of dollars did it cost us to track it 24/7 , jam it , shoot it down and retrieve it instead of giving the green light to the big boom stick over Montana or Idaho ?

Hell they knew it was there when it crossed the Aleutian Islands.

 

[hog88]

Surely you can’t be serious?

Yes, he is serious.

 

[Orangeslice13]

Surely you can’t be serious?

Yes he’s serious, and don’t call him Shirley

 

[hog88]

Yes he’s serious, and don’t call him Shirley

You’re assuming pronouns again.

 

[Orangeslice13]

You’re assuming pronouns again.

No, I’m just being a smartass.

 

[0nelilreb]

It’s amazing to watch the ones trying to make the argument that we can’t pinpoint within an area where this would fall when we control the shot taken . It’s almost like they have no clue how to math .

 

[C-south]

Yes he’s serious, and don’t call him Shirley

ktown blew the copilot up

 

[Orangeslice13]

ktown blew the copilot up

It’s an old movie.
Not sure if many would get the reference

 

[JOEY’S ALL VOL !!!]

It’s amazing to watch the ones trying to make the argument that we can’t pinpoint within an area where this would fall when we control the shot taken . It’s almost like they have no clue how to math .

 

[volfanhill]

It’s an old movie.
Not sure if many would get the reference

I speak jive

 

[Orangeslice13]

I speak jive

I watch those stupid ass movies about once a year.

 

[NurseGoodVol]

So would the pantywaists in the Administration be okay if we shoot it down and collect it once it moves off the Carolina Coast? No “danger” to uninhabited land then right?

Oh dear heavens, what if we dropped it on a dolphin? Or an endangered sea slug?

 

[StarRaider]

Hell they knew it was there when it crossed the Aleutian Islands.

too many Aleutian Island kindergarteners would have been blown to smithereenies if xiden woulda blown it up then! Come on man!

 

[lawgator1]

It’s amazing to watch the ones trying to make the argument that we can’t pinpoint within an area where this would fall when we control the shot taken . It’s almost like they have no clue how to math .

Well, it's a fabric of some kind falling from 12 miles up. Hmmmm.... we can't peg it right, with certainty ?

This word "math." I don't think it means what you think it means.

 

[OrangeTsar]

It’s amazing to watch the ones trying to make the argument that we can’t pinpoint within an area where this would fall when we control the shot taken . It’s almost like they have no clue how to math .

Well, math IS white supremacy you know. Don’t be racist

 

[lawgator1]

GOP this morning: It should be shot down right away! Let the military do its job!

Biden, 4 days ago to the military: Shoot it down as soon as you can.

GOP tonight: Biden should have MADE the military do it sooner!


It's just painful to watch you contort yourselves to find a way to bash him for this.

 

[Majors]

If it was shot down over land and killed someone, the usual suspects would still be here saying "impeach him immediately, why not wait until it's over the ocean? Totally incompetent administration"


From where I sit, no citizens were ever in danger, the balloon was identified and researched and deemed not a threat before we even knew it existed. I'm sure the folks at the Pentagon have a hell of a lot more information available to them than our resident Fox News lovers. It was the right call.

Damn cell phones. Ruined MSNBC coverage of Trump January 6th marathon coverage.

 

[Majors]

GOP this morning: It should be shot down right away! Let the military do its job!

Biden, 4 days ago to the military: Shoot it down as soon as you can.

GOP tonight: Biden should have MADE the military do it sooner!


It's just painful to watch you contort yourselves to find a way to bash him for this.

Should of been shot down in the Pacific

 

[lawgator1]

Should of been shot down in the Pacific

When was Biden told of it?

By your logic he should have shot it down when it was being manufactured.

 

[DC_Vol]

Well, it's a fabric of some kind falling from 12 miles up. Hmmmm.... we can't peg it right, with certainty ?

This word "math." I don't think it means what you think it means.

It’s not the fabric to worry too much about. It’s the multi-ton payload attached. It’s path would be governed by physics and could be determined by…math.