Nope, we had to shoot it down. Poses a risk for civilians. We can’t have something like that in the air going over peoples homes and stuff. China has been known to spy on people through TikTok also. So many creeps over there.
Biden left the decision with airforce in case things went wrong and then claimed he made the call after it was shot down. The reality was the US Airforce allowed it to cross us territory unhindered and shot it down over the ocean because they wanted to recover it intact to examine it for intelligence purposes.
Whether you buy it or not, it was decided to bring it down where we could recover most of it with minimal damage so that we could gather intel from the equipment about what they were using and what they were actually able to see. Also it was preferred to bring it down over water instead of dropping over 400 pounds on populated areas.
And yet you're obsessed with things that don't affect you. That told me right off the bat you weren't American. I have yet to hear an American cry about a Chinese balloon being shot down. And that's violent? lol Trust me, if that Chinese spy balloon was over YOUR airspace, I wouldn't give two shits about it. I wouldn't even talk about it and I sure wouldn't waste my time here posting a question about it.
Biden is retarded, but our military intelligence is the best in the world. They make dog collars with GPS in them, but the Chinese could't find this balloon? Do you believe everything you're told? This wasn't a carnival balloon, it was 200 feet tall and had a payload the size of a jetliner. Who cares whose balloon was, it had to be taken down for our national security. Your country would do the same thing, but they would probably ask the US to do it for them.
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Yeah, that was much safer and less expensive. We have some of the best trained military in the world. We have to use them.
You could have made the decision to NOT shoot it down.
Nope, we had to shoot it down. Poses a risk for civilians. We can’t have something like that in the air going over peoples homes and stuff.
China has been known to spy on people through TikTok also. So many creeps over there.
Plus they started covid also.
How was it determined so quickly that the balloon was Chinese though? And Covid is completely irrelevant to this particular topic.
It proves they can’t be trusted
Yeah, it was a bit of an overkill and I guess they could’ve use the bow and arrow
I loved it. I just wish Biden had the balls to shoot it down over Alaska.
Biden left the decision with airforce in case things went wrong and then claimed he made the call after it was shot down. The reality was the US Airforce allowed it to cross us territory unhindered and shot it down over the ocean because they wanted to recover it intact to examine it for intelligence purposes.
@Leopard23 I don't buy that for a second.
I buy it. Its called passing the buck.
@Leopard23 Biden loves to pass the buck, especially when it comes to China.
Whether you buy it or not, it was decided to bring it down where we could recover most of it with minimal damage so that we could gather intel from the equipment about what they were using and what they were actually able to see. Also it was preferred to bring it down over water instead of dropping over 400 pounds on populated areas.
@Red_Arrow I agree. Us airforce did a great job. It was a good decision by the heads of the airforce
It was just more convenient that way. The F-15 has the maneuverability to get the right angle to take a clean shot.
They don’t wanna take any chances with that balloon they need speed to be able to get out if something happens nobody knows what’s in there
Because they had to some use out of it. Afterall they spent a LOT of money on it, didn't they?
Only in America! 🤣
Amen 🙏
200 feet long, 60,000 feet up, weighing in the tons. Good luck with that slingshot.
The ballin was not anything like the balloons we have at parties
Not all jets can work at that high of altitude and it was the jet that was based near the balloon
Doubt the ballon was a Chinese spy ballon and the US was just using a show of might
That was a huge frickin balloon it was above. The atmosphere past the air level
I love the sling shot idea! Haha
A typical United States response unfortunately 😕
Right tool for the right job.
that damn clown pennywise leaving his balloons everywhere
it was a pretty big balloon?
Ah, New Zealand. That explains it.
And yet you're obsessed with things that don't affect you. That told me right off the bat you weren't American. I have yet to hear an American cry about a Chinese balloon being shot down. And that's violent? lol Trust me, if that Chinese spy balloon was over YOUR airspace, I wouldn't give two shits about it. I wouldn't even talk about it and I sure wouldn't waste my time here posting a question about it.
And the balloon affected you enough to write this question.
Biden is retarded, but our military intelligence is the best in the world. They make dog collars with GPS in them, but the Chinese could't find this balloon? Do you believe everything you're told? This wasn't a carnival balloon, it was 200 feet tall and had a payload the size of a jetliner. Who cares whose balloon was, it had to be taken down for our national security. Your country would do the same thing, but they would probably ask the US to do it for them.
Girll you are so spot on I’m proud of you 🤝😂😁
America wants you in government lol
You speak the truth.
That girl is living in farmer fields and will be the first to run at a sight of trouble.
She thinks we own the world when we don’t.
History clearly shows WHO thinks they own the world and people, and how WE have always responded to others and their twisted ways.
She probably didn’t ace history, so her lens while watching global news- irrelevant to her- is completely dramatized and biased.
I don’t trust her for this.
I’d rather bunk with a Japanese citizen than her. Aussies are much nicer and clearly neutral. She’s weird… very suspicious and has “no chill.”
Seems like an expensive overkill option?
Simply put, USA learned what not to do from Canada