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Say Hello to a Chinese Reconnaissance Balloon
A Chinese reconnaissance balloon has been hovering over Alaska, Canada, and Montana. The Pentagon says it has stayed for longer than “normal.” Normal? Is it normal for Chinese reconnaissance balloons to stay for any amount of time over the US? Apparently so.
But the Pentagon is not concerned. They don’t believe these balloons can collect much information that China can’t get from other means anyway. Plus, it might be dangerous to shoot it down.
What in the actual hell? The Pentagon can’t figure out why the Chinese keep sending these “useless” balloons to fly near military installations? Maybe, just maybe, they are not useless.
General Milley should be required to wear a dress to work until that thing is shot down.
Published in Foreign Policy
A: It’s just one of our weather balloons that drifted off course.
B: DON’T YOU DARE SHOOT IT DOWN. There will be CONSEQUENCES!