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  Naw, that there is all the 5G escaping.
context: They just shot it down >
  
  Well I hope that balloon wasn't inflated with zombie outbreak juice. >
  
  It was over the ocean >
  
  Zombie sharks are nuttin to fuck wit! >
  
  They've been filming Sharknado Z: Zombie Apocalypse and forgot to tell anyone. >
  
  Man if they made a Sharknado Z movie in the Z Nation side of the Asylumverse I would totally pay to see it. >
  
  You just threw out all sorts of made up hype words.
  I'm fucking IN!! >
  
  So the company that makes Sharknado also made a TV series in the same universe called Z Nation which is a Zombie infestation sci-fi comedy. It's also tied to a movie series called Lavantula and the Netflix series Black Summer. >
  
  Fun fact. During WW2 Japan used balloons to send bombs to the US. One bomb killed 6 people in Oregon. >
  
  Weren’t those 6 like all kids? I think a pastor and his wife were taking 5 kids from their church to a beach and the kids found the bomb on the ground.
  Edit: yeah 5 kids and a pregnant woman, fuck imperial Japan >
  
  To be fair, I think we did something similar >
  
  Something something firebombing something something Tokyo... >
  
  I think there were thinking of a couple other things as well >
  
  Charleston, SC, Myrtle Beach and Wilmington, NC are the three airports. >
  
  I was wondering why I didn’t see any planes today. Usually there are navy planes circling the city every weekend I guess for drills >
  
  It just got shot down.
  Indubitably >
  
  Someone smarter than me: what are the implications/repercussions >
  
  Chinese weather forecast in shambles >
  
  Chinese are extremely interested in the weather near Billings Montana and Raleigh NC. >
  
  As is tradition >
  
  Neat, just clicked the link and saw it popped like 30 seconds later. >
  
  Balloon just got shot down >
  
  In regards to the 2nd balloon over Latin America; did that balloon "blow off course" too? >
  
  The trash from the Tsunami that hit Japan got carried up and down the coast of North and South America. >
  
  Water currents and air currents are not connected you know? >
  
  They're probably shooting that thing down once it gets over the ocean. >
  
  I wonder what China would do if we flew a spy balloon over their country… >
  
  Probably what we did. Chase it with a series of signals intelligence aircraft (in the USAF's case, a series of R-135U Combat Sent) , recording every bit and packet it transmitted for further analysis of encryption protocols and data types, and then when the three letter agencies thought they had what they needed from a live aircraft, puncture a few balloons so they could see what might be gathered from the dead one. >
  
  Bruh China would have shot that shit down immediately, civilians be fucked. >
  
  In my day James bond would parachute land on it. Take control and stop a doomsday crisis. Yall ain't seen shit yet. >
  
  We're actually going to fly another balloon next to it while Harrison Ford takes a zip line between the two. >
  
  “GET OFF OF MY BALLOON. kick” >
  
  No one tell China they can just use google maps. >
  
  I doubt it had cameras. It was probably being used for signals intelligence. >
  
  Like intercepting transmissions at US bases? Or communicating with their own spies? I feel like either way using a balloon isn't very discreet. Unless I'm missing something. >
  
  I’ve been sitting a plane that was grounded for this meant to go Charlotte to Myrtle beach at 1pm EST for 3 hours now.
  We are finally going to take off now. >
  
  Who is starting the go fund me to send a Macys parade sized Winnie the Pooh ballon to Beijing? >
  
  I don't think they need much more than 1 shot at the balloon to bring it down. >
  
  So what's going to happen to the boy who was flying in the balloon? >
  
  Is this a rescue of Balloon Boy? >
  
  Does anyone have video of the ballon being shot down? This is the highlight of my boring day and I find it kind of cool this is happening. It’s rare that we civilians get to see this kind of stuff >
  
  video >
  
  Thank you dude I appreciate you! >
  
  they just shot it down! >
  
  Bang bang that awful sound.
  Bang bang it hit the [water] >
  
  Fun, it's getting shot down like right next to where I live :/ >
  
  They wanted to put their 5g in the us so bad. >
  
  You know we used to allow Russia/USSR to fly planes over the US as part of a treaty. It's not like all these secret sites haven't already been mapped out. It definitely should be shot down though. Should have done it when it was over Montana where no one is. >
  
  Send China the bill for the entire effort. >
  
  Not sure I understand why a foreign aircraft is allowed over protected airspace, when it’s not only disrupting airline services, but also that’s it’s a fucking foreign aircraft that has obviously raised more questions than answers. >
  
  It was high enough to not disrupt commercial flights. They've halted flights because they now plan on blowing it up and are afraid the debris could affect planes.
  The US government considered blowing it up over Montana, but decided not to. I have a feeling the US government understands the nuances of a foreign aircraft in our airspace better than you or I do. >
  
  I doubt they are going to blow it up. They are going to make sure that it loses flight, but they are going to try to recover everything that they can. This won’t happen with a huge explosion. >
  
  They just shot it down. Wasn't a huge explosion, but didn't look like a simple bullet either. >
  
  It's not a spy balloon, it's a weather balloon that blew off course. It doesn't have much capability as a spy balloon, it can only be controlled to go up and down. China has plenty of satellites to accomplish spying with with much more accuracy and data collection ability. It's a bullshit story to increase tensions with China. >
  
  What are all the white poofs floating down more slowly than the popped balloon? >
  
  They're the thermite charges, obviously