US says Chinese spy balloon downed in February did not collect information
www.theguardian.com
Craft was shot down by US military off Atlantic coast on president’s orders earlier this year
  • EeeDawg101English
    28·
    1 年前

    Can’t say I believe that one bit. With how small transmitters can be these days, why wouldn’t it have one? Sounds to me like damage control. Not a whole lot of details in the article anyway.

    • ghost_laptopEnglish
      144·
      1 年前

      Jesus Christ you people are just lusting for war.

      • EeeDawg101English
        56·
        1 年前

        I don’t want a war with China, that would be awful. I’m just trying to be realistic about it. Seems silly to go through the trouble to make a surveillance craft like that and it not even have the capability to beam back any data.

        • ghost_laptopEnglish
          53·
          1 年前

          Data was obviously transmitted. Weather data, going by recent cyber attacks, there are a plethora of ways where it’s easier to get data.

          • EeeDawg101English
            45·
            1 年前

            I’m just gonna be open minded about it and not jump to conclusions. I could see the US gov making it into a big deal for reasons and I could see it being a balloon to take pics of bases, etc on the ground. Both seem like logical outcomes. I mean it could be a weather balloon but I sorta doubt it based on what I know about weather balloons (I’m an amateur weather nerd). But I could be wrong! I’ll admit that. Gotta keep an open mind.

              • EeeDawg101English
                92·
                1 年前

                Of course. And you realize balloons can have an advantage over satellites in certain situations?

                • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPEnglish
                  35·
                  1 年前

                  If balloons were a good way to spy on countries we’d see US balloons canvas the globe by now.