The bizarre secret behind China's spy balloon
www.cbsnews.com
Earlier this year America's military defenses were put on notice against a Chinese balloon believed to be on an espionage mission. Gen. Mark Milley talks about what we've learned from an examination of the balloon's wreckage.

Nobody could have predicted this. I have my doubts even when they call it “spying equipment” or whatever considering Chinese claim it was a meteorological balloon, certainly no doubt they would try to paint those tools as such.

    • @AccmRazr@lemm.eeEnglish
      5•1 year ago

      You clearly didn’t read the article. It WAS a spy balloon but it appears the spy equipment wasn’t turned on. So no information was gathered.

      • AlicePraxis [any]English
        81•1 year ago

        the article presents zero evidence that it’s a “spy balloon”, just some dipshit general saying that it is. we know the U.S. military regularly lies about its enemies, so his word is worth nothing

        did you ever stop to ask why a supposed “spy balloon” would be so large and easily noticed?

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]English
        73•1 year ago

        lib@lemm.ee

        And you read the article yet you didn’t even quote the funny bit.

        Martin said, “On paper, it looks like this colossal mismatch – one of this country’s most sophisticated jet fighters against a balloon with a putt-putt motor. Was it a sure thing?”

      • KarlBarqs [he/him, they/them]English
        68•1 year ago

        Somehow we’ve managed to find the first human being to function without a single neuron firing.

        A brain exists, but nothing is occuring within. No electrical signals, no neural activity.

        And yet they manage to post anyway

        • star_wraith [he/him]English
          22•1 year ago

          I’m still getting used to federation. I saw that comment, didn’t look at the poster’s name, and assumed it was just sarcasm.

      • zephyreks [none/use name]English
        19•1 year ago

        The article makes no claim as to the nature of the balloon. The author is very careful about that. It’s a balloon that didn’t collect any intelligence nor transmit any data. How, exactly, would you define a spy balloon? It’s starting to sound like your threshold for “spy balloon” is “launched by some Chinese person,” which is probably more than a little racist.