The balloon was shot down Saturday afternoon by a single missile from a F-22 fighter jet. Some lawmakers are praising President Biden for downing the suspected surveillance craft, while others are criticizing him for waiting too long to act. Now the race is on to retrieve what remains of the balloon.
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#China #SpyBalloon #Biden
Better the Navi get it first before catalytic converter thefts
Does this also mean that nations which have the capacity to neutralise satellites have the legal right to neutralise the satellites found over their nations air space??
Now we are being invaded from the south and the north
The cult of republicans have become toxic pessimistic narcissists.
Just some more lies and bs from the feds not surprising at all..
Ukraine is guilty of winning.
really dnt care about the balloon just concern why the US GOVERNMENT cont. lying to The People.
Spy balloon? Poison balloon? Virus spreading balloon? Who knows what the truth is? But the first piece to fall fell first away from the balloon, away from the white pieces of the balloon.
US is no more superpower, this evident proved that
Republicans criticizing the downing of the balloon is like them criticizing their kids for not whacking their birthday piñata sooner. Just more dumbness from faux adults.
Oooooooooo
Next time Chinese should send cute baloon with Panda 🐼 made on it.
There not on their jobs why did a civilian caught it first? With all this technology you telling me they didn’t catch it first. O I get it they was either in class or on lunch break. But I’m am glad they short it down. But it could have had some form of hazardous chemicals inside it.
What’s happening behind the scenes while everyone is focused on this debacle…..?
Putting on a show to distract from failure to shoot it down before breaching airspace.
How do you know that’s a spy balloon? Is there any evidence supporting your proposal? It’s the first I realized US media also is full of misleading crap just like China.
Americans, please enjoy being worried ! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
This whole balloon thing has gotten blown all out of proportion 🤣🤣🤣
The DUMBEST thing USA ever done. By shooting civilian airships already out of USA’s land will prove to the world and Iran that USA deliberately shot down Iran Air Flight 655 killed 290 innocent people Thus, don’t blame on Iran’s hate towards USA. The world now will agree that USA deliberately shot down the Iranian civilian airplane in 1988 for fun and there is so much hate in USA. Thus, the world would think twice doing business with USA.. Thus now USA’s economy will eventually collapse for sure because of bad behavior of USA.
A TRAP MADE FOR USA JUST LIKE SET UP AS DIEN BIEN PHU. There is a saying “GOTCHA” !
1. How big was it ? 2. Couldn’t a helicopter have hooked it and dragged it into a secure location for closer inspection?
The size of three helicopters…at least
If the balloon was carrying enough Anthrax once shot down withinln the US Continent, and Virus be allowed to spread near ground, would those same Republican Senators complain or would they be Also dead? Shooting down the threat above the offshore Ocean makes sense.
Comment vous pouvez dire que c’est un ballon de spion or que la NASA a les outils les plus sophistiqué du monde il peut visionner visualiser une pièce d’un centime de Abraham Lincoln s’il est en parfaite état Le Point D’exclamation vous avez fait exploser cela pour montrer au monde le motif !!!!!!!! ???????
Let’s not get distracted with the clean up.
Our “president” just assisted China in completing an espionage operation over the entire country of America
They acknowledged this when it was over the pacific on 2/28, they chose to ignore it.
Let’s not get distracted as to why china sent that over, let’s ask why it was allowed to complete its mission before we shot it down.
Biden is compromised by the CCP, and is yet again choosing another country’s safety over our own.
First it’s Americans funding the defense of the Ukrainian border and now letting China do a full invasion, when does he make America first?
We need to be careful of the junk from the sky,, 👁️👁️👀👀💀💀🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 if only you guys would have been able to Isolate it to make sure there’s no Air contamination and coodies 🤮🤔🤯👁️🤔👁️. In any of it. If I where to find them. Cazmats 🥀🥀🥀. Never know. People’s make inventions for world Domination 🥀🥀💔😔😩🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈😵
Haven’t you guys heard or rowield
In congress everybody will make himself hero.becouse of balloon 🎈. Thanks💐
It was Amazon testing a new delivery technology…
No “China-civilian” Balloons over NYC please, especially after 9/11 🎈
No information adjoined to the aerial object should be released in any way as being part of National Security.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman! No, it’s a balloon.., pop!
I knew that military issued BB gun would be the key to winning the war.
From ‘spy’ to spy. as far as the concern of spreading disinformation and brainwash, US media is truly second to none.
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie”.
Joseph Goebbels
Mark my words.China will be the downfall of America. We have Chinese who work in high government and private sector whi are affiliated with CCP forgot the vallon they have always infitrirated us. Even Chinese who are born here are affiliated with CCP this is deeper then what people think watch who we hire and stop immigration from China ASAP.
What is America doing over china land and sea? If you cannot think for yourself than um? James in America Chicago ✊👊🤔🤨🧐💌
Second question what is America doing in similar fashion, no doubt you will get a tricky answer. James in America Chicago ✊👊🤔🤨🧐💌
Remember God loves you♥️!
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Please repent, change your life around and live for Him🙏.
He is coming back soon🥳…..
The Chinese need the detailed imagery for targeting purposes for the war over Taiwan.
You can hear the Americans like “yeah, shoot it”.. 🙄
Good Lord… political party constant fighting is not leadership. It doesn’t absolve the criminality of trump. No one is guiding the Nation. First the republicans break every rule of law, then throws out flack to cover themselves, ie, a balloon?? This requires all Senators? Please.
What you need to focus on is the fact that all the people in this country think it’s a big joke. You also need to shut up
Gop is a joke in your town!
Our military and our government let us a Chinese spy balloon Cross are entire country on interrupted. Could be dropping poison on us emps you name it. Looks like we have a government and a military full of traitors.
Wait a second … they did it AFTER it passed over the ENTIRE country?? What?
“We had to wait until it was safe??” Seriously?? Then even more of a reason to shoot it dwn in Alaska … or Montana … do people really buy this? It took em that long to wake up ol sleepy Joe and feed him his pudding cups … at least half of the females on my staff are females. Clown.
United States should have used aircraft gun as soon as it stepped into us 🇺🇸 airspace on day 1 jan 28th 2023. Too late and too expensive
China says thank you for letting us retrieve all the information before you shot it down
Just like America…pull gun and shoot. What’s good for the goose ISNT good for the gander. USA can negotiate with Taiwan to place the military in their country, and China makes a political move to float balloon to test American government reaction. Yes “shoot em up” was quite predictable. 🤫
Self distrust at 10 thousand feet
Convenient for China that USA waited until the balloon was over the ocean to shoot it down..why was there a wait period?
do you really think their sending balloons if satellites are so abundant hmmmm
If it was an alleged “civilian balloon” China was very irresponsible for not communicating that it was missing. If an object accidentally entered Chinese airspace I’m confident that they would have vaporized it. Regardless, let’s stop outsourcing and buying products made in China!
wow so much coordination you allowed it to scan canada and all of the united stated in the sky for a month then decide to shoot it down! swift action biden real swift! you cant even find the door to the john!
Does anyone think we’ll ever find out what the payload contains? We’ll wait for it, I’m guessing it’s not fortune cookies.
Another Pandora’s box, don’t whine when china do the same
That is why he is pres and that man is not
At 80 miles high, I think the can look where the best places to mine. There 80 army is getting old, so they need to expand. 😢
Dam if you do it sooner. Dam if you don’t.
The GOP’s are so perfect it will never admit when Trump won the 2016 elections they were supported by Putin the Russians head man. So I hope some GOP’s are behind the 46th President of the United States right at this moment. The communist threat it for real so if you want the democracy to survive people in the United States have to stand up to any outsider threat or threats.
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Do not Provoke the CHINEE BEAR !!!
This gender reveal sucks is it a boy or a girl?!
Biden and his overseers are so full of it. There are miles and miles of open land the balloon could have fallen on all the way across the US.
https://youtu.be/86TYQ-WDaHs
They first detected it in Alaska so it would have had to have flown over Russian airspace before it got to that point and the Russians didn’t care about it with everything that’s going on with Ukraine I highly doubt that unless they were in collaboration with China about the balloon ahead of time. But then again they are allies.
You can bet if the us had a balloon china would have declared war
If That thing came over my house a .50 cal would of came out.
That hit satellite not balloon which was stupid it should hit balloon
There is no proof a balloon flew over usa by china during Trump administration
If the balloon flew over while trump was president we’d never Hear the end of it the liberal media. It never happened!!!
This is a game to them
They playing with their toys
Glad troop are checking, I understand the magnitude. It’s bizarre however to think multiple war ships are needed to look for pieces of balloon in an ocean.
Can’t you just imagine sailors pondering how they ended up serving for this.
BETTER LOOK FOR DEAD AND INJURED BOATERS IN THE DEBRIS FIELD TOO. AHAHAHA AHAHAHA LOL
Why not drag it down…
Another journalist that should be fired
Lol such a joke. Keep on waiting to be told truthfully what’s happening. Idiots.
Look at all the people cheering they have no idea what is even going on lmao bunch of idiots. Do you actually think china would’ve sent a balloon to spy? Lol the level of audacity is insane. The US thinks it’s impenetrable and will never have to worry about being invaded. I love it.
F22 and a missile is a bit much!!! F5 and it’s cannon would have worked and “not” blown it to smithereens!?!?!?
AMERICA ….THE WEAK & PATHETIC 🤣🤣🤣
You literally LET the Chinese Spy Balloon cover the country before you decide to shoot it down 🤣🤣🤣🤣
China is a country that will never change greed. It defrauds Taiwan with commercial transactions and intimidates Taiwan with military. If the United States loses the Taiwan waters, it means losing the trust of the whole world, and the American economy will also be lost. Only by striking China with force before Taiwan is bought by China can the world be peaceful.
ONLY WITH DECEITS AND CENSORS ILLEGALLY RTVE.
WITHOUT THE TRUTH THAT I KNOW LIVED.
YOU COMMIT CRIMES LYING ALWAYS DENOUNCED RTVE.
THE END.
Clearly the reporters script is to make US citizens feel under attack. If I were trying to gather data with a “spy balloon” I surely wouldnt send a bright white balloon into the air. At least paint it blue? And why not figure out a way to retrieve the balloon opposed to shooting it down?
TODOS LOS ASESINOS DE LOS GENOCIDIOS DENUNCIADOS EN ESPAÑA CONTINUAN SIN DETENER.
I always look for drugs on the beach
NO BALLONS DURING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
STOP LYING TO THE PEOPLE
America let a spy balloon into their airspace then shoot it down… Heroes or fools? This must be a joke, Seriously.
Joe Budden did the right thing by waiting, that balloon could had something extremely dangerous inside of it, as in explosives, affecting the air which we Americans breathe inside our lungs. In this case you’ll never know, so people please don’t be so in a rush to get innocent people killed just because your so in rush to shot something as if your watching fireworks in the sky smh. Patients was the right solution in this situation ladies and gentlemen.
Joe Budden you did great big homie, and dam whoever thinks otherwise. Smh it’s sad how Trumps voter’s would try anything to keep Joe from winning again 😏
On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the military seaport of Parler Harbor in Hawaii. The next day the U.S. Congress declared war on Japan.
On February 4, 2023 a civilian weather balloon was shot down by the means of war of the US army. China is awakened by the event. China risks going to war with Biden under pressure from the Chinese public. Indeed, China’s 1.4 billion people want to take down Biden’s Criminal Balloon (head).
So biden knew about it and only said something because of sum guy on twitter lol
Trump didn’t do nothing when he was president.
The president is a 🤡 this guy is a f’n joke to this country!
Did they find a Valentine’s gift from Fang Fang to Eric Swalwell?
Truly is amazing how media is protecting the Biden administration over this. Biden had zero intentions of shooting this thing down. He did it because it became known to us citizens. They had PLENTY of chances over Montana, SD, and other midwest states to shoot it down without it being a hazard. IMO it is more dangerous to have china spying on us (and biden letting them) then a balloon falling in the middle of nowhere.