Nobody could have predicted this. I have my doubts even when they call it “spying equipment” or whatever considering Chinese claim it was a meteorological balloon, certainly no doubt they would try to paint those tools as such.
Who would have thought a balloon is not useful for spying. You have little to no control over its direction, it isn’t discrete, and most silly of all, why use that when you have satellites?
I guess the US was outwitted by a balloon after spending billions of dollars on cutting edge spy planes and powerful satellite cameras.
Wow. Okay, so YOU think it’s not a spy balloon? Wow. Just wow. Nations spy on each other, thats normal for nations to do. China is NO different! If they say it’s a SPY balloon, then it fking IS!
If they say it’s a SPY balloon, then it fking IS!
The US Government, famous for never lying to it’s citizens. What’s it like to buy everything at face value?
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Extremely secure government confident in its legitimacy
Xi Jinping was reached for comment: “These burgers think I need a balloon? Motherfucker I can go on google maps and see your damn swimming pool in HD!”
Of course they still don’t see a difference between scientific sensors and spying equipment.
