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To be fair, we (the people) are not in charge of anything anymore.

A deep state bureaucracy controlled by oligarchs is in charge of everything.

Yep, case in point, Milley

Myrtle Beach is mighty close to DC.

Why didn't they just scoop the thing up for examination?

I feel like Walter Kirn said it best: "It's actually a psy balloon, not a spy balloon."

It was a test run or trial to see what kind of response would result, as well as it was a psych op.

But from what I've read, the Pentagon was tracking it before it reached the Aleutian islands, Alaska. They should have shot it down over western Canada.

Based on how this went, the Chicoms may generate new but slightly less similar methods (compared to this balloon).

I am not sure if the Chicoms would plan on attacking the Minuteman ICBM silo areas with hypersonic nuclear missiles, or nuclear bombs dropped from space or air balloons.

The matter as far as strategic forces is that the 400 Minuteman ICBM silos are distributed over thousands of miles.

Let alone there are at least 9 of the 14 Ohio class submarines on patrol, each with 20 ICBM's. The other 4 Ohio class submarines only deploy Tomahawk cruise missiles; each can deploy 154 cruise missiles.

In addition from what I've read, the US Navy attack submarines (total of 51 attack subs, with 20 being Virginia class) alone can deploy nuclear armed Tomahawk cruise missiles with a range of at least 1500 miles.

They could launch the Tomahawk cruise missiles off of Japan to reach critical targets in China. And they could launch them from off of Denmark or Poland to reach critical targets in Russia.

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"Jim Stone: HERE IS IRREFUTABLE PROOF THE BALLOON WAS AMERICAN and it was designed to SELF-DESTRUCT" Like I said, when it's this obvious, Illuminati rules are it's a distraction.
https://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=216709
"Why would auto destruct have a separation charge? TO MAKE DAMN GOOD AND SURE WHAT WAS LEFT OF IT SANK, AND WAS NOT KEPT FLOATING BY WHATEVER WAS LEFT OF THE BALLOON.

Obviously auto destruct was used, there was no shoot down. And if that be the case, it proves the balloon belonged to America's own DOD. How could China predictably blow it up right when a "shoot down" jet approached for show? OBVIOUSLY they did not, the destruction was perfectly timed by America's own DOD.

I said it before and I'll say it again: The entire charade was a "wag the dog" to cause Americans to not spread the bust of the pfizer director. That story was big enough to need big time action to shut it down."

Montana would have been the best place to shoot it down. Makes no sense. 1.1M people in the 4th largest state land mass wise in the country? Helena, Billings, Livingston, Missoula and Bozeman are it. Otherwise it's just vast open land for ranchers. And those are tiny compared to most suburbs outside of Chicago, NYC, Miami, etc. No one was at risk. So let the fucker float across the country.... whatever.

There was likely a higher probability of debris hitting a boat in the Atlantic versus a home in Montana. This is the retardation of our current government. I was IN Montana. If it fell on the house I stayed in so be it. Why the fuck would they let it float across the country. I have to have an FAA license to fly what is basically a toy, drone, but the Chinese (if that's true) can just fly over our country??? This is the classic scenario of things not adding up. You just shoot the fucker down if you don't know what it is. Not complicated.

WookieMan says

There was likely a higher probability of debris hitting a boat in the Atlantic versus a home in Montana.

Correct, and they know that as well. It seems the balloon was let go so it could finish its job, then shot down over the sea to destroy the evidence. It could have been shot down over Montana with a gun round instead of a missile, then likely recovered after a deflated fall. That would have allowed recovery of the payload.

They should have detected that balloon very easily besides using Pentagon satellites and FAA radar.

The Pentagon could have the Aegis radar system on the Arleigh Burke and the Ticonderoga class.

The Arleigh Burke class has ballistic missile defense capabilities so it can track missiles.

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ad says

They should have detected that balloon very easily besides using Pentagon satellites and FAA radar.

They DID. The balloon was covered with radar reflectors.

You know how the "news" media and the US government lie about EVERYTHING? They're lying again. IF they wanted to recover this balloon, they could have just shoot it with a few bullets and let it slowly deflate and slowly fall to the ground as it equalized buoyancy, instead they used a sidewinder missile to blow it to dust. 3 of them in fact, since they are heat seeking missiles and weather balloons don't produce too much of that. That cost around $1,000,000 in weaponry alone.

I know what a sad state of affairs it is that the Chinese government is more truthful than US intelligence agencies and government officials and "news" media - but HERE we are.

https://babylonbee.com/news/china-assures-warships-heading-for-taiwan-are-just-meteorological-warships

https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1622937242304933889?ref_src=patrick.net

Spy balloons have an easier time entering the US than the unvaxxed

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/biden-regime-quietly-frees-one-9-11-terrorist-planners-guantanamo-whole-country-watches-chinese-spy-balloon/

Biden Regime Quietly Frees One of 9/11 Terrorist Planners from Gitmo as the Whole Country Watches the Chinese Spy Balloon

As the whole country was preoccupied with the Chinese spy balloon last week, one of the 9/11 terrorist planners was quietly released from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba by the Biden regime.

On Thursday, Majid Khan, now 42, was moved to Belize, his legal team announced.

https://twitter.com/laralogan/status/1622330172518055941?ref_src=patrick.net

Looks like we have our own spy balloons:

from https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/collapsing-tuesday-february-14-2023

There are reports that the object over Lake Huron was octagon shape. I would not put it past the Chicoms deploying their agents here and these agents being equipped with advanced high altitude drones.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/cockpit-audio-baffled-military-jet-29216310

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ad says

There are reports that the object over Lake Huron was octagon shape. I would not put it past the Chicoms deploying their agents here and these agents being equipped with advanced high altitude drones.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/cockpit-audio-baffled-military-jet-29216310

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If you just think "the government is lying, and the media is just repeating bullshit", more than 9 out of 10 times, you'll be correct.

Lol! It is possible that Chinese sleeper cell got hijacked and send a message to China about balloon business that they wanted to do. After China realized that they are in balloons business, the US started “China” balloons. Now China can’t deny, it’s too late. It’s well known that they have so many spies in US anyway. This one is not even a drop in the bucket for China but it’s a lot for US as they need a distraction.

https://slaynews.com/news/us-officials-humiliate-joe-biden-admit-chinese-spy-balloon-succeeded-in-gathering-intel-on-sensitive-us-military-sites/

U.S Officials Humiliate Biden, Admit Chinese Spy Balloon Successfully Gathered Intel on Sensitive Military Sites

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/confirmed-biden-admin-sought-conceal-chinese-spy-balloon/

Confirmed: Biden Admin Sought to Conceal Chinese Spy Balloon from Public As It Crossed Continental United States – Mark Milley Involved