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Spy Balloon/UFO Events | Feb 2nd-12th

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As usual with geopolitics, from the signals we have recieved from DoD it's not that important, but at the same time couldnt be swept under the rug nor overreact to. If anything it's more of a statement from China during these days with increased tension toward Taiwan and the general hostility between China and the US around the Pacific. "Look what we just launched, don't act like you own the place."
 
william said:
Is it under power? I don't think a balloon can hover or follow a certain trajectory over our missile fields. Why would they do this? It's so obvious.
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“A U.S. intelligence official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said that similar balloons have been spotted previously over Hawaii and Guam. They have guidance systems on board, the official said.“
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TCharley300 said:
Populated areas according to sec of defense??? That's bullshit. Where that thing currently is--it's in open areas, almost no one lives there. Yea, sheep, go back to sleep, stay at defcon 5. Let's keep the panic well below sweat stage. Nothing like this has happened since WW2 when Japan was sending incendiary bombs over to the west coast. Staff, you better wake your ass up.
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Apart from during the cold war when the US sent spy balloons over Rusia (operation Moby Dick).

Although one would imagine that, in age of high resolution satellite imagery, there really isn't any need to employ balloons any more
 
They are a known unknown.

They will see only what we want them to see. If you shoot them down (always/immediately) the Chinese will change methods. That becomes an unknown unknown, which becomes ineffable and intractable.
 
Soldiereye said:
A few more days! It’s been here too long already. How could we even let it in to begin with. Border control at its finest! 🤦🏽‍♂️🧞‍♂️
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We must know exactly what it is and can do or we would bring it down to find out. We certainly have the capability.
 
We're probably doing it to them too.

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Pentagon Is Testing Surveillance Balloons to 'Watch Everything at Once'

U.S. Southern Command has been testing as many as 25 balloons over the Midwest, which can float at 65,000 feet and capture video of whole cities.
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"Near-space craft like stratospheric balloons lurk anywhere between 60,000 and 80,000 feet, far above normal aircraft flight paths. Reconnaissance aircraft like drones are limited by how long they can survey an area of interest—an attribute Justin Bronk, analyst for the UK defense thinktank RUSI, calls persistence. “Even with something like the Global Hawk [the U.S. main strategic reconnaissance drone] you only get about twenty hours over the area of interest, and less than that if they have to travel a significant distance to get there,” he says. The ability to keep eyes on an area for days at a time with a low-cost platform would mean a huge increase in the military’s intelligence-gathering capability. Satellites fill some of the persistence gap, but low Earth orbit satellites 100-1,200 miles from the Earth’s surface only catch infrequent glimpses of a specific area, while satellites in geostationary orbit—meaning they travel with the Earth as it spins, staying above one location on the ground—are only useful for strategic applications like spotting ballistic missile launches. Balloons’ durability and carrying strength could help them cover the bases neglected by those craft. World View Enterprises, a private company which develops near-space technology for the Pentagon and NASA, calls their balloons Stratollites. These giant pumpkin-shaped aircraft measure up to 800,000 cubic feet in volume. Their gondolas can house daylight and thermal cameras, radar, radio frequency sensors, and solar panels. With a newly developed sensor that can measure wind patterns, and a design that can execute flight changes efficiently based on those readings, a Stratollite can change altitude, catch winds, and maintain position within 12 miles of a specified target for four days. “We think this has the potential to be a game-changer for us: a great, long-duration, long-dwell surveillance platform,” said Admiral Tidd, Commander of U.S. Southern Command over Central America, South America, and the Caribbean."
COLD STAR's UFO Problem The Pentagon’s efforts to operationalize the stratosphere begin with the classified program COLD STAR (COvert Long Dwell STratospheric ARchitecture), a balloon that can lurk undetected in enemy airspace. COLD STAR’s balloon has autonomous navigation, high fidelity sensors, and onboard AI. Budget documents note it participated in joint exercises this year, so it might be the unnamed balloon seen in photos of exercise Northern Edge in Alaska, an “experimental balloon operation” with the USAF. COLD STAR’s plastic balloon is transparent to radar, and its gondola can be made stealthy by eliminating the straight lines and sharp corners that produce strong radar reflections in aircraft design.
President Biden indicated that after the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the U.S. will rely more on ‘over the horizon’ operations, in which there are no boots on the ground. This will place more reliance on remote sensors such as drones, meaning balloons might start to supplement and replace traditional varieties of drone. Theaters like the South China Sea, which call for persistent observation, might be a good fit for balloons.
 
I can't believe I come back to see people freaking out over a balloon lol. As a bit of a peaker this is, I feel like it's super common for spy satellites. Unless it's shooting lazers or shooting rod of god cod: ghost style, imma just let it ride out.
 
Could they be loaded with Nukes or if there is 100s or 1000s could they do anything to disturb signals or guide their own missiles ? ( like an umbrella over a target area ) and what are the rules? could they deploy above an area "the rod from god" ?
 
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