Chinese balloon collected Intel on US military bases, NBC reports

[Matty]

https://mobile.twitter.com/Tom_Winter/status/1642854863901020161

[Sir Mohamed]

Anything else would have surprised me. Good decision to take it down.

[Illiniwek]

Should have been shot down sooner.

[Sir Mohamed]

Should have been shot down sooner.

Possibly, though it's a valid argument to say it might have endangered people or infrastructure on the ground.

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

Should have been shot down sooner.

[Nhoj]

Balloon that flew over military bases shockingly was collecting intel on them.

[emailking]

Well that sucks.

[TheReckoning]

Lmao at the red avatars in the thread insisting that Biden not shooting down the balloon was actually a good thing because there’s no way a balloon would be high-tech enough to collect any valuable information. Because Biden, as a Democrat, must be infallible.

[certified hummus supporter 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

Lmao at the red avatars in the thread insisting that Biden not shooting down the balloon was actually a good thing because there’s no way a balloon would be high-tech enough to collect any valuable information. Because Biden, as a Democrat, must be infallible.

Uh, bro, you're on the same thread I'm on, right?

[TheReckoning]

Lmao at the red avatars in the thread insisting that Biden not shooting down the balloon was actually a good thing because there’s no way a balloon would be high-tech enough to collect any valuable information. Because Biden, as a Democrat, must be infallible.

Uh, bro, you're on the same thread I'm on, right?

China probably got too much intel.

They did? What "intel" do you think it picked up that wouldn't have been available by satellite?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Lmao at the red avatars in the thread insisting that Biden not shooting down the balloon was actually a good thing because there’s no way a balloon would be high-tech enough to collect any valuable information. Because Biden, as a Democrat, must be infallible.

It will forever be unknowable if this was a wise decision.
Props to China though for inadvertantly assisting us. We should use this balloon as a blueprint to do low-risk but still net-good activities in the future.

[7,052,770]

Lmao at the red avatars in the thread insisting that Biden not shooting down the balloon was actually a good thing because there’s no way a balloon would be high-tech enough to collect any valuable information. Because Biden, as a Democrat, must be infallible.

Uh, bro, you're on the same thread I'm on, right?

China probably got too much intel.

They did? What "intel" do you think it picked up that wouldn't have been available by satellite?

Still don't have an answer to the question, do you?

(EDIT - I don't either. It's a legitimate unanswered question.)

[BG-NY]

I'm as much of a nationalist as anybody, but this nonsense about the balloon was always a stupid attack on Biden.

[Hammy]

Congress trying to heavily censor the internet and suddenly the spy balloon is back in the news

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Congress trying to heavily censor the internet and suddenly the spy balloon is back in the news

I daresay, one Chinese balloon is not a bigger threat to our liberties, than a bill that seeks to undercut our freedoms on the internet, pushed with disingenuous Red Scare talking points to boot.

[Beet]

It's worth noting that the official DOD line (quoted at the end of the article) hasn't changed and is at odds with the anonymous sources who spoke to NBC.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

I don't care about a Chinese spy balloon and most Americans don't Trump gave away our secrets in 2016 when he conspired with Putin to hurt Hillary Clinton it's all Trump fault we are in Ukraine not Obama Russia Collusion so this spy stuff pales in comparison to what Trump did with Putin

Guess what we trade with China and they have Tik Tok, Chinese food Chop Suey and Nike town and Cell phones ANYWAYS and Bruce Lee made movies

All Asians are Chinese mot Japanese anyways they migrated from China and Mongolia Empire before 1800 that's why we had Genghis Khan

[Meclazine for Israel]

Lmao at the red avatars in the thread insisting that Biden not shooting down the balloon was actually a good thing because there’s no way a balloon would be high-tech enough to collect any valuable information. Because Biden, as a Democrat, must be infallible.

The quality of the data they received would me much worse than Google Maps.

They probably didn't even georeference what they received, making it worthless.

The exercise was 99.999% fear and propoganda.

[Badger]

Should have been shot down sooner.

Whose house in your family are you volunteering for it to have been shot down over?

[SnowLabrador]

In other news, the Pope is Catholic.