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2. I Thought China's Explanation Made Sense At The Time

Reply to MagaSmash (Original post)

Sun Sep 17, 2023, 03:03 PM

Sep 2023

but I never said that out loud because so many people were treating it like a high school football game and wouldn't put their pom-poms down.

It was obvious the steering wasn't working on the balloon, and the idea it maneuvered over a missile site was dubious. Not to mention it still didn't get that close and the Chinese could garner far better pics from their Look-Down satellite that orbits daily.

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Only a "great country" can shoot down a harmless Balloon. [View all] MagaSmash Sep 2023 OP

it sounds like China would have spied nit US used countermeasures Recycle_Guru Sep 2023 #1

I Thought China's Explanation Made Sense At The Time T_A Sep 2023 #2