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US says Chinese spy balloon downed in February did not collect information. Yet, Biden was referring to it as a spy balloon just this month. (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m just gonna be open minded about it and not jump to conclusions. I could see the US gov making it into a big deal for reasons and I could see it being a balloon to take pics of bases, etc on the ground. Both seem like logical outcomes. I mean it could be a weather balloon but I sorta doubt it based on what I know about weather balloons (I’m an amateur weather nerd). But I could be wrong! I’ll admit that. Gotta keep an open mind.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You do realize China has satellites?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of course. And you realize balloons can have an advantage over satellites in certain situations?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

If balloons were a good way to spy on countries we'd see US balloons canvas the globe by now.