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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:34:18 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:35:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Canada has a jet fighter? And couldn't pop the balloon? How embarrassing to have to tweet that out.
Canadian General during conference said the jet with first clear shot took it, happened to be an American. Both Canadian and American jets were present. |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:36:02 PM EDT
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Do we really suck bad enough that there could be another "object" over Montana after three have already been downed in the past week?
What are we going to do to China after this? |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:36:49 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:37:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I just had 6 fighter jets come over my house. I never hear them fly near me but there are bases within an hour or two. Seems very odd with all the stuff going on. I’m usually not a tinfoil hat wearer but this is definitely odd @tbw1614 the Swamp Foxes (SCANG) should be inbound from a few weeks at Red Flag in Vegas today or tomorrow. |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:37:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do we really suck bad enough that there could be another "object" over Montana after three have already been downed in the past week? What are we going to do to China after this? Nothing. And they know it. Which is why they're doing shit like this. |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:38:13 PM EDT
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From a technical perspective, something doesn't make sense. I am not buying a spy balloon or a nuke test. To be spy they would be needing to transmit large amounts of data. You aren't doing that over HF with the payload of a smallish balloon. Same with a nuke. No control, they are expensive, something easy to detect in the size needed.
Now what if you had a small transceiver that was on a very common frequency range. Cell signal? VHF aircraft frequencies? What if the whole intent was to hit CONUS listening stations. What if some of those were behind certain firewalls? |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:39:59 PM EDT
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I would guess the object must be pretty low if the plan is " to ground it ".
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:41:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:41:49 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:42:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do we really suck bad enough that there could be another "object" over Montana after three have already been downed in the past week? What are we going to do to China after this? After letting them slide on the biowarfare thing? Probably nothing. |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:43:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:44:02 PM EDT
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Sen. Jon Tester: I am aware of the object in Montana air space and remain in close contact with senior DOD and Administration officials. I am closely monitoring the situation and am receiving regular updates. I will continue to demand answers for the American public.
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:46:20 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:47:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What in tarnation... The big guy got his 10%? |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:49:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: While I’m skeptical if anything these governments say and do, I have no doubt other nations are begging to fuck us up. Now seems like a great time given our current leadership. I have direct knowledge that our defense contractors are ramping up building certain systems the government feels they’re going to need in the near future. FEMA railroad cars and coffins?  |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:49:34 PM EDT
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On fox they just said it was a cylindrical object and not a balloon
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:50:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Dunno why, but this thread has a large response of really retarded juvenile posts. Must be something about balloons and little kids I guess.  The average person is a fucking idiot. Arfcom isn't an exception to this. |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:51:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do we really suck bad enough that there could be another "object" over Montana after three have already been downed in the past week? What are we going to do to China after this? Biden will up his Chyna take from 10% to 20% to adjust for inflation. |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:54:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: On fox they just said it was a cylindrical object and not a balloon Cylindrical as in missile, or cylindrical as in tic-tac? |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:56:33 PM EDT
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They won't bother tracking it at night.
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:56:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: From a technical perspective, something doesn't make sense. I am not buying a spy balloon or a nuke test. To be spy they would be needing to transmit large amounts of data. You aren't doing that over HF with the payload of a smallish balloon. Same with a nuke. No control, they are expensive, something easy to detect in the size needed. Now what if you had a small transceiver that was on a very common frequency range. Cell signal? VHF aircraft frequencies? What if the whole intent was to hit CONUS listening stations. What if some of those were behind certain firewalls? Probably transmitting to a comsat overhead. |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:58:43 PM EDT
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On Fox they said the downed object jammed our communications.
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Posted: 2/11/2023 9:59:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Cylindrical as in missile, or cylindrical as in tic-tac? It is a BS statement. The object under the barroon is a cylinder until someone on the ground gets a picture of it and spills the beans. One thing that steers us from the Tic-Tac is these things are slow, like wind speed slow. Therefore barroons. |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:00:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Probably transmitting to a comsat overhead. The MQ-9 com package could fit on a barroon. |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:01:26 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:01:45 PM EDT
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I'm thinking they're going to want to visually ID it before they shoot it and that's why they are suspending until morning?
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:02:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Imaged a 1000 balloons with different trajectories coming towards the united states. How many could we detect and stop. Could easily be a weapons delivery system. A couple could have nukes to air burst. And suddenly *boom* ICBM’s aren’t the only delivery game in town and no longer the sole possession and advantage of first world militaries |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:02:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They won't bother tracking it at night. TBH, if they have a radar contact, why would they? Not worth the risk and stress to airmen to chase a balloon at night. |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:02:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The MQ-9 com package could fit on a barroon. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Probably transmitting to a comsat overhead. The MQ-9 com package could fit on a barroon. Easily |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:05:01 PM EDT
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I for one welcome our new baroon overrords
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:05:04 PM EDT
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China is probing our air defense & comms. Concerning to say the least.
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:08:34 PM EDT
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Shame we don’t have any Sprint missiles in service…….. be funny as hell to send one at Mach 10 to obliterate it
We should start probing Chinese airspace and start making port calls in Taiwan on a regular basis to mess with them |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:09:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Shame we don’t have any Sprint missiles in service…….. be funny as hell to send one at Mach 10 to obliterate it Sprint was a technological marvel. Holy fug.  SPRINT missile from Martin Marietta - Florida |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:11:41 PM EDT
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This would be a good time to have laser technology that would down a barroon.
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:16:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:18:01 PM EDT
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Well crap. Too bad a pilot out of 419 "Moose" squadron out of Cold Lake didn't get the kill.
3 stencils for F-22's in a week. Pretty good week ! |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:18:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:19:31 PM EDT
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 eta: supposedly just Venus and Jupiter |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:20:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:22:38 PM EDT
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 Seems like this is all tic tac related |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:24:12 PM EDT
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I could easily see this turning into another battle of the pips, though at least there are three confirmed shoot downs so far. |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:24:19 PM EDT
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US shoots down unknown object 'the size of a small car' after it entered airspace near Alaska . . .
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:25:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What the fuck is that? Seems like this is all tic tac related Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted:
Seems like this is all tic tac related No clue. It's forty years too early to be the Vulcans. |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:25:32 PM EDT
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(Movie announcers voice) “The Montgolfier brothers are back and this time it’s personal….” Dramatic scenes of balloons dropping French peasants with explosives covered in delicate lace doilies and clutching ornate carving knives…. This winter…the big float is on….and you will be lucky to survive… |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:27:19 PM EDT
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What is that shooting out of the object there, you think they may be shooting out some type of chemicals or perhaps even biological weapons of some sort............ we better get our asses together, something is going on..,.and personally, I think they are probing our defenses or possibly even attacking us and we dont even know it yet....via biological weapons of some sort, ......I dont know this is really disturbing and it does get you to thinking ....
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:27:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: (Movie announcers voice) “The Montgolfier brothers are back and this time it’s personal….” Dramatic scenes of balloons dropping French peasants with explosives covered in delicate lace doilies and clutching ornate carving knives…. This winter…the big float is on….and you will be lucky to survive…  Props for even knowing to name drop the Montgolfier family. |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:28:02 PM EDT
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Move along, nothing to see here. 
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:30:48 PM EDT
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Move along, nothing to see here. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fou33b7XgAEArbW?format=png&name=900x900 BS..... they are hiding something from us....... none of this makes any sense........perhaps even the Russians are joining in the frey with China....... |
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Posted: 2/11/2023 10:31:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What is that shooting out of the object there, you think they may be shooting out some type of chemicals or perhaps even biological weapons of some sort............ we better get our asses together, something is going on..,.and personally, I think they are probing our defenses or possibly even attacking us and we dont even know it yet....via biological weapons of some sort, ......I dont know this is really disturbing and it does get you to thinking .... Yes, it's a barroon full of Chinamen spraying down peepee in our Coke. Brilliant 
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