India-China Border conflict

skunk works

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Some things don't make sense.
1. When exactly did Pentagon become aware of the balloon?
> Before it entered US airspace?
>>Then why not shoot it down before it entered US territory and overflew sensitive bases?
>>>They wanted to take a look at it
>>>> Then why not do it out at sea? and also avoid all the negative political/ diplomatic controversy?
2. They were nor aware until it entered US airspace?
>>Even more concerning then- NORAD was designed specifically to keep and eye towards the North because Soviet bombers were going to come over the pole.

3. Speaking of NORAD, what was the Canadian participation in all this? Canada has been zip-lipped in all this.
 

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I don't think we will ever know why the US decided to shoot it down now.

Probably this time the Chinese might have used their latest tech in whatever they have deployed.

We will know the real answer in a few years.
 

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Interesting way to determine the metrics of who wins and loses a war.
As always, it boils down to the economics. What's the cost of operating a highly sensitive aircraft like F-22? The price of that missile? Resources devoted to maintenance and flying of that craft?

And compare it to a free floating balloon.
 

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As always, it boils down to the economics. What's the cost of operating a highly sensitive aircraft like F-22? The price of that missile? Resources devoted to maintenance and flying of that craft?

And compare it to a free floating balloon.
Though keep in mind, that free-floating balloon has a satellite below it with rather expensive cameras or SAR, so its not cheap by any means.
 

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what is this bawashir.. and funny part is monkeys are being critical of this shooting down.. I wonder why Joe fella have to use a F22.. its bloody balloon and wasted a few millions dollars missile on it.... baba... 😂 😂

Economic Times: US shoots down Chinese spy balloon, drawing Beijing's ire.
 

Marliii

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This balloon saga is just western hysteria to rekindle the cold war narrative as part of their G2 strategy. Don't fall for these gimmicks.
Another one flew over Andaman some time ago.one over Japan and having a size of 3 to 4 buses .this is the new cold war and Chinese are pulling every dirty move
 

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This balloon saga is one big shitshow and what is funny is fanboys swallowing propaganda like adult filmstars swallow <redacted>
  • Funny/illiterate claim 1 : Balloon is flying too high and USA can't shoot it down (proven wrong yesterday).
    Follow-up illiterate claim - Only F-22 can reach that altitude.

    No, F-15 can reach it and shoot it down with guns if they want. F-16 can shoot it down with A2A missiles. SAM systems like Patriot will take it out just fine.

  • Funny/illiterate claim 2 : USA just wasted money flying F-22/AIM-9X/Surveillance aircraft

    No, the USA spends much, much more than that per day flying practice/training sorties. It's like telling a millionare why did he buy coffee from Starbucks when they can save money by drinking Nescafe.

  • Funny/illiterate claim 3 : USAF had to use F-22 to down a Chinese balloon, haha they failed

    Again, same thing as above. F-22 is their frontline air superiority fighter for the last 20 years, and it is going to retire now. Let it be used for something at least. Using F-22 is just for fun, or probably even optics. What do you want them to do, dig up the corpses of F-4 Phantoms and use them ?

  • Funny/illiterate claim 4 : The Balloon is a harmless thing

    Just because it looks like a balloon doesn't mean it is a simple balloon. From what we know, a 30-40m long satellite with solar panels and complex sensors hangs below the balloon. It can as well have DEW weapons if China wanted.
 

Asmaka Mahajanapada

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Another one flew over Andaman some time ago.one over Japan and having a size of 3 to 4 buses .this is the new cold war and Chinese are pulling every dirty move
Yes, the Chinese are playing games and US doesn't mind it except for public consumption. India shouldn't be trapped in this cold war nonsense again. For us it's a multipolar world or bust.
 

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