The Pentagon has confirmed the suspected Chinese spy balloon currently enjoying the freedom of American skies is “maneuverable” and equipped with a “large payload” as the US government continues to refuse to shoot down the balloon.
“Clearly the intent of this balloon is for surveillance,” said a senior US Defense official, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
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“President Biden was briefed and asked for military options,” the official said.
The Pentagon has been tracking the Chinese balloon that has been flying over the United States but claims it is “too risky” to shoot it down.
After questions from a reporter about whether the location of a reported Chinese spy balloon was classified, Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said on Friday that the “public certainly has the ability to look up in the sky” and see where it is.
ABC report: The official said Washington had been tracking the high-altitude balloon since it entered US airspace a couple of days ago, including by observing it with manned US military aircraft.
Senior US military leaders considered shooting down the spy balloon over Montana, which is home to one of the nation’s three nuclear missile silo fields at Malmstrom Air Force Base, but eventually recommended against it because of the potential safety risk from debris.
That base has 150 intercontinental ballistic missile silos.
The US had readied fighter jets, including F-22s, to shoot down the balloon if ordered to do so by the White House.
China has denied claims the balloon was sent for spying, a claim rejected by the Pentagon.
Baxter Dmitry
Email: baxter@thepeoplesvoice.tv
This is getting hilarious, the russians send a bomber towards out country’s borders, and the scramble fighters to chase it off, but a balloon comes floating in and it floats paste the border, floats around the middle of the country, and they don’t know what to do about it.
This is insane. I want my tax money back. They can’t seal the borders, and can’t keep the sky safe, what are they doing?
maybe some hillbilly with a 50 cal rifle and a scope can take it out for the military?
I would expect every man and his dog’s had a pot shot by now…..
Do we have the technology to remove a balloon from our airspace? This is a head scratcher boys.
Considering the amount of high calibre weapons in private hands over there I’m surprised no one’s taken a pot shot or two already….
This is the ONLY way they can get satellites into the sky and they’ve been doing this for years! Every image in “space” NASA produces is CGI, hence why Walt Disney partnered with NASA when it was first formed – to produce imagery to convince people of outer space. Wake up people!! This is a psy-op!!
This is the ONLY way they can get satellites into the sky and they’ve been doing this for years! Every image in “space” NASA produces is CGI, hence why Walt Disney partnered with NASA when it was first formed – to produce imagery to convince people of outer space. Wake up people!!
Russia flew all our sorties after 911 as all of our air craft were grounded-They are dollar store balloons thus we can`t shot them down or we will have no food or goodies as china owns over 70% of the world
china has had flight since 1600& now our trillion dollar defence system take note? WTF more taxes!!!!
They are just american sport broadcasters on mobile sound scanning and sound and image projecting they have beem around since WW-1 way before airplanes and jets and rockets
China Warns US to “remain cool headed” as a Chinese balloon floats over mountain state military bases. Balloons such as what China has just invaded US Airspace with are called top ‘delivery platforms’ for a nuclear EMP attack…And Biden Stands Down.
‘Maneuverable’ ? It’s a balloon blowing in the wind !
The “confirms” should have the quotation marks.
Intentions.
Who stands to profit the most Which mob /CLASS
The English call the circle or set Don’t they.
The military has become a humiliation. They are just allowing it to gather intel all over the US
Is this a dry run for the real thing? Kaboom?
We have the samething but most are even rocket proof made out of space age lighter& stronger then metal matter
The dollar store runs america and china owns and makes all of the produces sold in them
Satans Children have their “Drag Queens”!
The Chinese have their balloons!
Which do YOU think is more dangerous!?
We are, because we do NOTHING!
A satellite can’t measure the weather like can a balloon.
Nobody seems to point out the obvious? China can get whatever surveillance they need from satellites, why do they need to send a balloon. Since one came from the North, and one from the South, it seems exploratory. I’m guessing its one of the following:
To poke a finger in the US presidents eye
To spread a bio weapon on people or crops
To test our reaction time
To test our monitoring capabilities
To drop some type of testing monitoring small stations in remote areas.
To deliver 10% to the big guy.
BOOM! LGBT – terrorist Pentagon! BOOM! Pentagon + Hexagon aka France + Octogon aka Swiss, the axe of Evil. USA = the CANCER of the world!
BS weather balloon shotdwn to build faith in say unkle slamMY