India-China Border conflict

[Sanglamorre]

Explains why US is not shooting it down.

That completely changes the game.
What the actual fuck did the Chinese send??

 

[flanker99]

That completely changes the game.
What the actual fuck did the Chinese send??

Hard to tell but seems to have solar panels which makes the thing huge

 

[mokoman]

Unidentified and flying balloon-like object spotted at Mayabunder and diglipur; IMD clarifies ‘not a weather balloon’ - ANDAMAN SHEEKHA

John Wilbert & Vikramaditya Port Blair, Jan 07: Suspense over the mysterious and unidentified flying object continued even today as the same balloon was reportedly spotted at Mayabunder in afternoon hours and Diglipur region in the evening hour. Meanwhile, no agency has come forward today with...

www.andamansheekha.com

Article regarding the balloon over Port Blair. Seems like everybody dismissed it as a weather balloon and nobody took this investigation further. Hope our IAF brass is taking note and we take some action next time.

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It seems so ridiculous that everybody questioned why would anybody send a hot air balloon for spying when you can use satellites.

read in news that it was reported to A&C command , they just said it wasnt theirs.

read that local gov send 3 policemen to chase after it

also check this , from last year , same day

 

[samsaptaka]

An Interesting story directly from IB official. Naga rebels went to China for training and arms so that they could mount resistance in India.

Why don't we call out China as a terror financer like Pakistan ?

Are we even calling porkies a terrorist state ? So don't you thinks its a bit rich to expect our pucca sahib MEA guys to call our chinks as terror financiers ? Depressing I know, but 50% of us really don't care and happily continue to buy cheap chinka goods

 

[mist_consecutive]

Why the US hasn't shot down the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, according to officials

As the US and its Canadian partners continue to monitor a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon floating above the northern United States, one question stands out among the rest: Why hasn't it been shot down?

edition.cnn.com

But so far, officials have determined that the potential damage of falling debris outweighs the risk of the balloon itself, which they said does not have the ability to bring in more intelligence than spy satellites in low Earth orbit, which China already uses

A US official added on Friday to CNN: “This isn’t like ‘Top Gun’ where it just explodes and doesn’t go anywhere. It’s large and it’s metal, it would put hundreds of Americans at risk.”

 

[Automatic Kalashnikov]

 

[skunk works]

looks like they shot it down.

maybe they managed to find a vacant spot to shoot it down over .

First time since the 1950s that the US had had to use live weapons over its own territory? Incredible how the times are changing.

 

[skunk works]

Why the US hasn't shot down the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, according to officials

As the US and its Canadian partners continue to monitor a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon floating above the northern United States, one question stands out among the rest: Why hasn't it been shot down?

edition.cnn.com

I love how Americans exaggerate this shit.

 

[mokoman]

I love how Americans exaggerate this shit.

plain Chinese fear mongering .

Chinese at pp14 . before clash .

bizzare but feels like both sides occupied and left pp14 a few times .

 

[skunk works]

 

[SKC]

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For 3 days they are not able to decide what to do with this balloon. And now second balloon is also entering their boundary.
They are thinking about using surface to air missile to shoot it down.

 

[skunk works]

For 3 days they are not able to decide what to do with this balloon. And now second balloon is also entering their boundary.
They are thinking about using surface to air missile to shoot it down.

India refusing to play cricket with paxtan is still a better response than the US response.

 

[SKC]

India refusing to play cricket with paxtan is still a better response than the US response.

UAE getting all tournaments instead of Pakistan be like:

 

[SwordOfDarkness]

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Link?

 

[another_armchair]

All big star wars sabre rattling, can't take down a balloon.

 

[mist_consecutive]

I love how Americans exaggerate this shit.

plain Chinese fear mongering .

?? What exaggeration ?

Also, it is highly likely the Balloon and payload have negligible RCS, otherwise India, Japan, and US, somebody would have at least detected the balloon on their radar.

All big star wars sabre rattling, can't take down a balloon.

They can, and they will today as it drifts over the Atlantic. People are underestimating the size of that thing. The black payload below it is a big metal frame with solar panels and sensors which is around 30-40m in length which is equivalent to a commercial jet.

Second, the US wants to study it in detail so they took their sweet time. Nothing to hurry as this thing poses no threat.

 

[mokoman]

?? What exaggeration ?

Also, it is highly likely the Balloon and payload have negligible RCS, otherwise India, Japan, and US, somebody would have at least detected the balloon on their radar.



They can, and they will today as it drifts over the Atlantic. People are underestimating the size of that thing. The black payload below it is a big metal frame with solar panels and sensors which is around 30-40m in length which is equivalent to a commercial jet.

Second, the US wants to study it in detail so they took their sweet time. Nothing to hurry as this thing poses no threat.

how is a 40m metal truss going to kill 100s of people . this thing is very light weight .

they could just shoot it down once its over a sparsly populated area .

Second, the US wants to study it in detail so they took their sweet time. Nothing to hurry as this thing poses no threat.

i think thats part of reason , like some one said they will wait for it to descent then expose chinese lies or something .

anyways this is pure comedy , all those tankers and jets circling it .

 

[SwordOfDarkness]

how is a 40m metal truss going to kill 100s of people . this thing is very light weight .

they could just shoot it down once its over a sparsly populated area .

Second, the US wants to study it in detail so they took their sweet time. Nothing to hurry as this thing poses no threat.

i think thats part of reason , like some one said they will wait for it to descent then expose chinese lies or something .

anyways this is pure comedy , all those tankers and jets circling it .

Tankers mean jets are flying there in large numbers too. Good, shows intent on taking it on. IMO will get shot down once it gets out of populated areas.

 

[Jimih]

All big star wars sabre rattling, can't take down a balloon.

Biden-wa has to ask for Xi daddy's permission first.

 

[mist_consecutive]

Balloon got shot down