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  Agree with the logic but What’re you implying?
context: Reminds me of the time China's Spy vessel was caught collecting data in Australian waters on US-AU AIR and Naval bases that they denied was collecting sensitive data, until Australian surveillance craft released a map of it deliberately B -lining for military bases and collecting sensitive information. >
  
  Beeline >
  
  Buzz buzz >
  
  Bees!? >
  
  Not the bees >
  
  Knew it was wicker man, and I still clicked because I love this scene. Thank u for the reminder >
  
  As much as I love that scene the bear punch still wins for me! >
  
  What was china’s goal here? Did they think the us wouldn’t notice this balloon? Or was this is genuine error on their part >
  
  My take: it was just random aggression. >
  
  Yeah, it's a very visible way to say that we can f*** with you, and the give a weakest plausible explanation they know won't fly. >
  
  This is a big deal for Boeing who was hoping to get China to approve the 737 max certification during this meeting.
  Ironic a balloon might capsize an airliner. >
  
  I am not gonna defend China but the 737max should never have been certified.
  The sheer corruption Boeing did to get it out of the door and how the US is pressuring other countries to recertify it disgusts me. They should have been punished by the market for the scandal, but instead they largely got away with it. >
  
  They didn't want to upgrade the fusilage to accommodate the bigger engines.
  They moved the engines up in the wing in order to give them adequate clearance.
  This destabilised the plane, which they fixed with a software patch.
  Fuck Boeing, fuck the men who directed the decision, and fuck the engineers who complied. >
  
  They got caught and no one believes their two made up reasons >
  
  Well China admitted that they messed up, which they never do, so we know they're lying.