Chinese spy balloon hovering over Montana

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BernardKingGOAT said:
Potential espionage is a perpetual state we face as the superpower country. No, I don't allow it to affect my blood pressure. It's been a constant since WWII. Social media has been a catalyst for massive overreaction. It was inevitable that some people need to voice their hyper reactionary opinions if it.
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While I agree that we love in a constant state of spying and theft, that was obvious gross incompetence that people were able to witness.
 
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SpaceCoastVol said:
So, in your opinion, the presence of an unmanned balloon floating over our country poses no significant risk in increasing intelligence gathering by hostile governments. It is a 'hyper reaction' to be concerned about that. Fascinating.
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No, damn, I didn't say that. Please don't ignorantly put words in my mouth. You don't think we have measures in place to address those risks? It's not fascinating that you overreact. It's nature
BreatheUT said:
While I agree that we love in a constant state of spying and theft, that was obvious gross incompetence that people were able to witness.
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As there has been numerous times since WWII. Probably too many to count. People heard or talked about it on social media. It wasn't available in the late 60s, 70s, 80s and early 90s. You had to read back then if you wanted to be informed. Yeah, I know you read your info. No detail or nuance on social media. Few and far between
 
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BernardKingGOAT said:
No, damn, I didn't say that. Please don't ignorantly put words in my mouth. You don't think we have measures in place to address those risks? It's not fascinating that you overreact. It's nature

As there has been numerous times since WWII. Probably too many to count. People heard or talked about it on social media. It wasn't available in the late 60s, 70s, 80s and early 90s. You had to read back then if you wanted to be informed. Yeah, I know you read your info. No detail or nuance on social media. Few and far between
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Enlighten me as to the overreaction. Foreign governments gathering intelligence over our soil. In what world is that remotely acceptable? Or do we break out the big guns and go Demi Moore and 'strenuously object'?

Can you point to anything that demonstrated measures taken to address the risks? It was like Trump's assassin's body. After it was conveniently shot down in the ocean, - after the fact - it was lost.
 
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SpaceCoastVol said:
Enlighten me as to the overreaction. Foreign governments gathering intelligence over our soil. In what world is that remotely acceptable? Or do we break out the big guns and go Demi Moore and 'strenuously object'?

Can you point to anything that demonstrated measures taken to address the risks? It was like Trump's assassin's body. After it was conveniently shot down in the ocean, - after the fact - it was lost.
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USA allowed it for decades

Treaty on Open Skies - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
 
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K-town Vol Fan said:
www.foxnews.com

Chinese spy balloon equipped with tech from at least 5 US firms: report

Chinese spy balloon that floated across the U.S. before being shot down off the South Carolina coast in 2023 was carrying technology from at least five American companies, report says.
www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com

Full of American tech
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Other than the Iridium burst sat comm module all of the other tech was semiconductor components. These are all component or semiconductor providers not full up system providers.

The sources said the four other U.S. companies whose parts were identified in the balloon were Texas Instruments, Omega Engineering, Amphenol All Sensors Corp. and Onsemi. Equipment from STMicroelectronics of Switzerland was also recovered and identified.
 
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Orangeburst said:
Is this the spy tech that Joe said wasnt a spy balloon?
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TBF the information in the article doesn’t indicate one way or the other what kind of tech was in the balloon. The only actual refined system listed was an Iridium burst data sat comm module that could be used for literally anything. It just transmits “data”. As I said on the other companies listed they are semiconductor and component suppliers. As an analogy they might as well have said “the vehicle had Goodyear tires on it”. It’s another case of your government being useful by giving you absolutely meaningless information. 🤷‍♂️
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
TBF the information in the article doesn’t indicate one way or the other what kind of tech was in the balloon. The only actual refined system listed was an Iridium burst data sat comm module that could be used for literally anything. It just transmits “data”. As I said on the other companies listed they are semiconductor and component suppliers. As an analogy they might as well have said “the vehicle had Goodyear tires on it”. It’s another case of your government being useful by giving you absolutely meaningless information. 🤷‍♂️
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seems clear to me

Beijing claimed it was a weather balloon, though an investigation by U.S. intelligence agencies found the balloon was used for spying.
 
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Orangeburst said:
seems clear to me

Beijing claimed it was a weather balloon, though an investigation by U.S. intelligence agencies found the balloon was used for spying.
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And as I said nothing in that report indicates one way or the other what the balloon’s purpose was.

Here is the only identified module in the report.


Here is a link where you can go buy on today one the web.

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Iridium 9602N SBD Short Burst Data Modem

The 9602N is a drop in replacement for the 9602.The 9602 and 9602N are both forward and backwards compatible.They are identical in form, fit, function and electrically equivalent (with the 9602N has a lower power consumption rating than its predecessor). The Iridium 9602N is designed for...
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Orangeburst said:
seems clear to me

Beijing claimed it was a weather balloon, though an investigation by U.S. intelligence agencies found the balloon was used for spying.
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OB I’ve been clear on my stance on this before. I don’t care if the balloon was tracking humpback whale migration it should have been shot down as soon as it entered US airspace. But that article is pure click bait and says nothing useful.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
And as I said nothing in that report indicates one way or the other what the balloon’s purpose was.

Here is the only identified module in the report.


Here is a link where you can go buy on today one the web.

gitsat.com

Iridium 9602N SBD Short Burst Data Modem

The 9602N is a drop in replacement for the 9602.The 9602 and 9602N are both forward and backwards compatible.They are identical in form, fit, function and electrically equivalent (with the 9602N has a lower power consumption rating than its predecessor). The Iridium 9602N is designed for...
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I havent made any comments on the tech or transfer thereof.

According to the article..

“Beijing claimed it was a weather balloon, though an investigation by U.S. intelligence agencies found the balloon was used for spying.”
 
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Orangeburst said:
I havent made any comments on the tech or transfer thereof.

According to the article..

“Beijing claimed it was a weather balloon, though an investigation by U.S. intelligence agencies found the balloon was used for spying.”
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And they provided absolutely no information to substantiate that claim. The article is shiite click bait. And do us the report it referenced if the article listed all the info contained in the report.
 
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Orangeburst said:
www.nbcnews.com

Chinese balloon got intel from U.S. military sites, despite efforts to block it

The intelligence China collected was mostly from electronic signals, which can be picked up from weapons systems or include communications from base personnel.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com
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Great. Now extrapolate that article to the shiite reporting of semiconductors from TI, ONSemi, and STMicro clearly indicate the tech on the balloon was obviously surveillance in nature.

The balloon probably was a spy balloon I’m not refuting that. The Fox News article was 💩 and did nothing to substantiate that claim. That is my whole point. The government once again gave out information that was absolutely useless
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
Great. Now extrapolate that article to the shiite reporting of semiconductors from TI, ONSemi, and STMicro clearly indicate the tech on the balloon was obviously surveillance in nature.

The balloon probably was a spy balloon I’m not refuting that. The Fox News article was 💩 and did nothing to substantiate that claim. That is my whole point. The government once again gave out information that was absolutely useless
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Once Again..I havent made one comment about tech and only said it was used for spying, in which you agree. So I really have no idea why you are taking this up with me.

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Orangeburst said:
Once Again..I havent made one comment about tech and only said it was used for spying, in which you agree. So I really have no idea why you are taking this up with me.

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Because absolutely nothing in the original article substantiates the spying claim. And my response to the article was laughing at ktown’s “loaded with us tech” hot take
 
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