US military shoots down Chinese spy balloon over Atlantic Ocean

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[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

You overestimate the USA government's competence

[–]BISH 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Radar can pick up a birds signature.
Radar can easily detect a large round inflated balloon.

It's absurd to imagine radar that's designed to detect an ICBM wouldn't pick this up from hundreds of miles away.

[–]1Icemonkey 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They already admitted NORAD knew of the balloon when it crossed the Aleutian Islands before making its way over Canada and into the U.S.. Why they Waite three weeks to make an issue out of it is the question.

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

There's a difference between being able to spot something and having the ability to get a national shit together to figure out whether to shoot it down or let it be. Evidently.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That makes no sense at all. We have millions of people who's only job is air defense. It should take them a few minutes at the latest to decide if they should shoot something down.

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

As I said.