{"id":136705,"date":"2023-02-04T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=136705"},"modified":"2023-02-03T22:46:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T03:46:50","slug":"more-on-the-balloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=136705","title":{"rendered":"More on ‘the balloon’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After careful analysis, intelligence analysts tentatively conclude the UFO may be from Chinese intelligence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Well, the country is atwitter over the Chinese “weather” balloon floating over the heartland of the United States. Leaving behind whether it should have been shot down as soon as it crossed the coast – why not? Worrying about a potential crash debris problem must have been an excuse invented by PINO Joe, no one with an ounce of sense believes it. Big balloon, shoot enough holes in it for a controlled descent, and the debris field will be about one instrument package wide and long. Surely one of his advisers must have mentioned that?<\/p>\n

But the biggest thing the Chinese have going for them is wide-eyed innocence.\u00a0 After all, balloons can’t be steered, they are at the mercy of the wind, right? Even at 66,0000 feet. Well,\u00a0 that’s a bit of an exaggeration – if you have a pretty good idea of the direction of the prevailing winds at any given altitude, you can adjust the altitude of the balloon to catch the prevailing winds.\u00a0 Want proof? The balloon which was drifting up toward the Canadian border has shifted course and Friday afternoon, at 60,000 feet overflew Missouri.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea that Communist China has a spy balloon headed towards Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri right now \u2014 the home of the Stealth Bomber \u2014 is absolutely unbelievable. No American should accept this. I don\u2019t,\u201d states Missouri US Senator Eric Schmitt.<\/p>\n

The balloon was first seen over sensitive military sites in Montana. By midday, it was over the heartland of the central United States, moving east. Officials said it was likely to stay in U.S. airspace for several days. Whiteman Air Force Base is located in central Missouri.\u00a0\u00a0 Fox2 News<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And the Independent reports that not only did the first balloon cruise over multiple sensitive installations, but there is a second one over Central America. Not sure why, China Overseas Freight Company (COSCO) already owns the port facilities at both ends of the Panama Canal. Jimmy Carter sure was smart to give that canal up, huh…<\/p>\n

Defence officials have said the balloon\u2019s flight path had taken it over \u201ca number of sensitive\u201d military<\/a> sites, including the Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, which houses 150 nuclear warheads.<\/p>\n

A second Chinese spy balloon has been spotted moving across Latin America, the Pentagon announced on Friday night. It is unclear exactly which country in the region the balloon is hovering over but it does not appear as if it is headed towards the United States, according to CNN. Independent<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Luckily our\u00a0 Democratic lawmakers are on the job. Most prominently, Rep. Raul Grijalva (D,umb<\/del>AZ tweeted today:<\/p>\n

“People are outraged by a Chinese surveillance balloon, but when @DHSgov puts up a surveillance blimp in Arizona border communities without community consultation,” Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., tweeted,\u00a0\u00a0 Fox News<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The DHS balloons he refers to are the ones familiar to folks on the border for decades – they track drug smugglers, criminals,\u00a0 and illegal immigrants. He must hate having his future voters targeted like that.<\/p>\n

After being mocked, the congressman, known in Arizona as \u201cEl Gordo,\u201d\u00a0 (“Fatso” – Ed.) edited the tweet by adding \u201crightfully\u201d outraged. Arizona Daily Independent<\/a><\/p>\n

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