It's Chinese It's A Spy Balloon it's Over Montana Shoot It Down Don't Shoot It Down It May Release Something There's One Over Canada It's Not Chinese, It's American It's Over Missouri Get The National Guard There's Must Be More Than One How Many Are There? It's Headed for North Carolina - St Louis
CossackCat: It's Chinese It's A Spy Balloon it's Over Montana Shoot It Down Don't Shoot It Down It May Release Something There's One Over Canada It's Not Chinese, It's American It's Over Missouri Get The National Guard There's Must Be More Than One How Many Are There? It's Headed for North Carolina - St Louis
CossackCat: It's Chinese It's A Spy Balloon it's Over Montana Shoot It Down Don't Shoot It Down It May Release Something There's One Over Canada It's Not Chinese, It's American It's Over Missouri Get The National Guard There's Must Be More Than One How Many Are There? It's Headed for North Carolina - St Louis
It's One Hell Of A Distraction
Even so, imho, they could bring the balloon down without risking a lot of collateral damage on the ground. If just punctured, Balloons, airships, etc don’t blow to smithereens and they descend a lot slower than aircraft.
What if it's filled with poison. If they shoot it down over the population it might kill everyone. If they shoot it down over the ocean it will kill the fishies. If they shoot it down over the forest it will kill the birds a/k/a dinosaurs.
Get Maverick (Tom Cruise) to fly close to and and attach a bungie cord to it. When Tom gets close to China he could do a maneuver with the bungie cord and swing it back to China then shoot it down.
secretagent09: What if it's filled with poison. If they shoot it down over the population it might kill everyone. If they shoot it down over the ocean it will kill the fishies. If they shoot it down over the forest it will kill the birds a/k/a dinosaurs.
Get Maverick (Tom Cruise) to fly close to and and attach a bungie cord to it. When Tom gets close to China he could do a maneuver with the bungie cord and swing it back to China then shoot it down.
secretagent09: What if it's filled with poison. If they shoot it down over the population it might kill everyone. If they shoot it down over the ocean it will kill the fishies. If they shoot it down over the forest it will kill the birds a/k/a dinosaurs.
Get Maverick (Tom Cruise) to fly close to and and attach a bungie cord to it. When Tom gets close to China he could do a maneuver with the bungie cord and swing it back to China then shoot it down.
CossackCat: It's Chinese It's A Spy Balloon it's Over Montana Shoot It Down Don't Shoot It Down It May Release Something There's One Over Canada It's Not Chinese, It's American It's Over Missouri Get The National Guard There's Must Be More Than One How Many Are There? It's Headed for North Carolina - St Louis
It's One Hell Of A Distraction
And now..
Pentagon Says There's One (somewhere) Over Latin America (but they don't say where).
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It's A Spy Balloon
it's Over Montana
Shoot It Down
Don't Shoot It Down
It May Release Something
There's One Over Canada
It's Not Chinese, It's American
It's Over Missouri
Get The National Guard
There's Must Be More Than One
How Many Are There?
It's Headed for North Carolina - St Louis
It's One Hell Of A Distraction