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Posted: 2/3/2023 11:44:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bring it down intact so it can be examined. So basically just shoot it with a 10mm pistol (which is obviously the only round that can reach that altitude, duh!). It'll make a pretty small hole, so it will gently descend to the ground. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 11:45:24 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/3/2023 11:46:22 AM EDT
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We've got members with para motors and shit right?
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Posted: 2/3/2023 11:47:21 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/3/2023 11:47:56 AM EDT
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Where is our resident U2 pilot. Let's strap a GAU-8 to his plane and let him have fun.
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Posted: 2/3/2023 11:47:58 AM EDT
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We have no weapon to shoot it with.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2023/02/03/busting-that-chinese-balloon-is-harder-than-you-think/amp/ The article ignores Thaad and Patriot capabilities. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 11:48:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We've got members with para motors and shit right? Even if you could get one that high (you can't), good luck just surviving at that altitude. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 11:49:05 AM EDT
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 Capture mission where we Wrassle the little Chinaman they have guarding it. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 11:49:09 AM EDT
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Hack it so it only sends the CCP the contents of Hunter's laptop over and over.
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Posted: 2/3/2023 11:49:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Reminds me of Japan sending over balloons in wwii https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb Back in the 80's, I knew an old guy who was on a USFS crew that recovered one of those balloons in NW MT. What the Japanese didn't realize was.... hundreds of thousands (or even millions) of acres burn every year in the western US, whether there's a war or not. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 11:50:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We have no weapon to shoot it with. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2023/02/03/busting-that-chinese-balloon-is-harder-than-you-think/amp/ We could have Elon launch a Tesla roadster at it. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 11:51:58 AM EDT
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Shooting it down is stupid. We need to capture it intact to exploit it thoroughly. That means sending up another balloon with a manned capsule in order to hook on it for a controlled decent.
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Posted: 2/3/2023 11:54:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Damn shame our government isn’t doing anything about it. Makes me think Joe got his 10% already  Maybe our government is the one running it? Spying on 'the people'. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 11:55:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is actually infuriating. Over an area that is lightly populated, we could easily damage/deflate the balloon portion and it would drogue chute to the ground effectively slowing the payload to the point that even if it did hit something it wouldn’t be THAT bad. Why the fuck isn’t our country immediately acting as if this is a hostile event (which it is)? This will only embolden the world as they see how big of a pussy the USA is. Legalities of shooting it down? This is unprecedented and most likely no laws covering action against it by civilians. Hell, If a normal joe or group of joes were to take it down, they’d make history. Parody post? Don't all 2020 members know that our govt and military are in Chinese pockets? This is effectively china airspace if the puppetmasters say it is. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 11:59:38 AM EDT
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Ceiling for a C-17 is 45,000 feet.
2X Delta operators, O2 masks, parachutes, and 2X MK-48's. Jump, as they freefall past the balloon, empty the SAWS into it. At the right altitude, open chutes. Profit ! |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 12:00:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We have no weapon to shoot it with. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2023/02/03/busting-that-chinese-balloon-is-harder-than-you-think/amp/ The article ignores Thaad and Patriot capabilities. Good test target for AIM 260 program, the old Phoenix was said to be able to engage targets over 100k feet. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 12:00:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Worried about a balloon? How about the Chinese students in US universities taking STEM classes? Or working in defense research? I think you meant "how about all of the Chinese nationals that have tenure in American university engineering, biology, and medical departments? Heading up hiring committees? Or about to shift into dept Chair, college Dean, and college Provost positions as actual Americans retire?" Because guess what: that's the current state for reals |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 12:03:43 PM EDT
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get a drone up there with a pistol attached to it. or a knife.
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Posted: 2/3/2023 12:05:19 PM EDT
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This ain't that hard people:
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Posted: 2/3/2023 12:05:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How do they know it's Chinese? Duh! like everything else you own it says made in china somewhere on it. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 12:07:52 PM EDT
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Where's our member with the para-motor thing?
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Posted: 2/3/2023 12:09:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Disable propulsion, give it a nudge into Canada and let Castro Jr. deal with it.  Propulsion? |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 12:12:07 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/3/2023 12:17:47 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/3/2023 12:20:43 PM EDT
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Unfortunately it should have been shot down the very instant it was a couple hundred miles away or so and still projected to pass over the continental US.
Any data collected has already been sent back. To fucking late dick wads. Interesting first strike nuclear Trojan horse there as it drifts towards the east. Weak ass US government will sit around wondering if it is gender neutral until the boom ! |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 12:21:05 PM EDT
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Maybe we should ask the Israeli's about what to do.. They have a competent military.
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Posted: 2/3/2023 12:22:59 PM EDT
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Fox is PIP - ing the balloon in real time this morning.
 
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Posted: 2/3/2023 12:29:47 PM EDT
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This
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Posted: 2/3/2023 12:49:41 PM EDT
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Curious if it's emitting any transmissions Montana nerdy types could capture and take a peek at. Unless it's doing some cryptic satellite uplink (which why not just use a satellite in the first place), it's emitting RF. SDR's and such can receive that data.
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Posted: 2/3/2023 12:54:50 PM EDT
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I was promised 99 red balloons - not this!
Damnit Nina! |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 12:57:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was promised 99 red balloons - not this! Damnit Nina! This may be the 99th red balloon. We don't know how many others there may have been. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 1:02:40 PM EDT
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The jet I fly has a 51,000 foot ceiling. We take it to 47k occasionally but it takes all afternoon to get to 47 from our normal 45. We’d have to be out of gas to get to 51. Then there’s the problem of having a means of shooting it down. I recommend the paramotor guys. Maybe the Cajun Navy can start an air wing.
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Posted: 2/3/2023 1:03:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I would hope we have something a lot newer than the ASM-135. Perfect opportunity to do a real world test. Just use old tech to down it. No need to give them enhanced sigint. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 1:05:28 PM EDT
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I would imagine its carrying drones. Would explain the sightings over Guam with spotlight equipped drones. This balloon could drop drones and act like a relay back to china or a sat as the drones gather data. Then said drone crashes into lake or somewhere else hard to get to .Or maybe someone picks them up. The Army has explored the same concept recently . Would really entend the range of a diesel powered drone. The chinese have somw agriculture drones with impressive payload and range
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Posted: 2/3/2023 1:06:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We have no weapon to shoot it with. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2023/02/03/busting-that-chinese-balloon-is-harder-than-you-think/amp/ The article ignores Thaad and Patriot capabilities. we just need some tubes, some ammonium perchlorate, a little bit of powdered sugar, some graphite, a lathe, rasberry pi, gopro and a small charge with projectiles. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 1:07:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The location of our land based nuke silos is most likely already well known by chinese military intel. Just like we know where all of theirs are, and where all of russia's are. being fixed, their location is easy to spot. Hell, you can use google earth and find them. Spending hours or days collecting sigint over our nuke assets is a bigger worry. The hell this isn't a military threat. Milley needs to be thrown out now. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 1:08:13 PM EDT
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This motherfucker should have been shot down when it first his US airspace near the Aleutians.
Send a high altitude jet up and shoot it down already. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 1:12:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We need a Shoot The Balloon forum. Maybe our Arf engineers could rig a rocket plane with a laser, launched from a treadmill. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 1:14:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This motherfucker should have been shot down when it first his US airspace near the Aleutians. Send a high altitude jet up and shoot it down already. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 1:14:34 PM EDT
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Hey @WhiskersTheCat
We need you for a special mission 
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Posted: 2/3/2023 1:19:16 PM EDT
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Drone
Claw Pop Deploy parachutes. Recover |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 1:34:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Just use old tech to down it. No need to give them enhanced sigint. Lmao. Makes sense. Otherwise we’ll just give the missiles to the Ukraine. I remember reading shootings down a satellite give a “kill” credit toward ace. Why would a balloon be any different? If I was an F-15 pilot I’d love the opportunity to fire one of those |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 1:39:01 PM EDT
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I just watched the whole Pentagon briefing, and here's my summary:
We can't tell you anything, because we don't know anything. And, even if we did know something, we couldn't tell you because Intelligence. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 1:39:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lmao. Makes sense. Otherwise we’ll just give the missiles to the Ukraine. I remember reading shootings down a satellite give a “kill” credit toward ace. Why would a balloon be any different? If I was an F-15 pilot I’d love the opportunity to fire one of those If I was an F-15 pilot I’d love being an F-15 pilot. Getting to shoot down anything chicom would be a bonus. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 1:49:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Propulsion? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Disable propulsion, give it a nudge into Canada and let Castro Jr. deal with it. Propulsion? Yes, its been looked at for use on high altitude balloons. To loiter or what is known as "Station Keeping" the most likely method would be electric. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 1:58:37 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/3/2023 2:04:06 PM EDT
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Someone has got to have that wish.com laser that burns through walls. Pop that fucker!
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Posted: 2/3/2023 2:07:03 PM EDT
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Inb4 it's ours and false flag
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Posted: 2/3/2023 2:12:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Inb4 it's ours and false flag I’m scared but wouldn’t be surprised that you’re right. |
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Posted: 2/3/2023 2:15:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I’m scared but wouldn’t be surprised that you’re right. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Inb4 it's ours and false flag I’m scared but wouldn’t be surprised that you’re right. Oh well nuke China anyways lmao |
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