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  Force majeure usually comes with notifying the country first, so nah.
context: Force majeure: An event or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled, e.g. ACT OF GOD >
  
  The Pentagon says the balloon, which was carrying sensors and surveillance equipment, was maneuverable and showed it could change course. It loitered over sensitive areas of Montana where nuclear warheads are siloed, leading the military to take actions to prevent it from collecting intelligence. >
  
  The issue is those silos have been known and can be seen via Google maps. This is just really bizarre >
  
  Probably scanning all the local radio transmissions along with seeing what's unsecured. >
  
  I believe their goal is to disrupt our communications in event of war. >
  
  Which is why we should be mindful of where our communications equipment is manufactured. >
  
  Absolutely. They have shown they can not be trusted. >
  
  Anyone can be trusted, until they can’t. It’s best to operate with the future in mind. Don’t trust what you don’t control. 
  Google in the past had an unofficial policy of “don’t be evil”, and while currently they have been shady, they have never been super data-sharing shady, but let’s say Chat GPT destroys them and a Chinese buyer comes along and snatches Alphabet up, suddenly all of Gmail is an espionage dream for an unscrupulous government. >
  
  So they'd have no problem with us bringing down their "errant" balloon? >
  
  it is down >
  
  “Just another unnecessary act by US warmongers.”
  -China, probably. >
  
  So I guess the other one over Latin America is another “mu-bad”?!! 🤨 >
  
  Actually there's 4 Chinese balloons still floating around:
  
  Sources also told CTV News U.S. intelligence knows of a total of at least four of these balloons from China sent to other countries, beyond the one currently over the U.S. That includes the one the Pentagon confirmed late Friday night floating over Latin America.
  This incident comes at a time of heightened tensions between China and the West. In a statement, the Chinese foreign ministry said the balloon did come from China and apologized for its entry into U.S. airspace, but insisted the balloon was used for civilian research purposes rather than espionage. >
  
  That's funny, because the Chinese government uses civilian research to conduct espionage >
  
  At a scale few comprehend and with an audacity fewer believe. >
  
  Are we supposed to believe that China didn't have any way of tracking their balloon? And if they did, and it was just an innocent weather balloon that got blown off course, what was stopping them from calling up the US and letting them know that shit happened, let's all be chill about it?
  I mean, we all know China is bullshitting, but they could at least come up with something more convincing... >
  
  Initially, I’d call bullshit on US military except China’s foreign ministry offered no explanation of where it came from or what research it was supposed to be doing. Further, it seems like any party that loses balloons the size of several buses would take care to know where it went and make the appropriate phone calls, which China did not. It’s all very curious. >
  
  There are also multiple balloons apparently. Another was found over recently I believe >
  
  I might believe the balloon somehow got blown way off course-
  If there wasn’t another one over South America. 
  Two just seems a little too much of a coincidence. 
  I guess it might be possible both balloons got caught up in the same winds or jet stream, but… eh. >
  
  Once is chance, twice is a coincidence, three times is a pattern. 
  I’m just waiting to read about the third one floating around so I can then jump to the ‘oh it’s totally intentional’ conclusion. >
  
  fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, uhhh cant get fooled again >
  
  *throws shoe* >
  
  *dodges*
  *throws other shoe*
  *dodges again* >
  
  George Bush don’t care about Shoe people >
  
  Hilariously, neither does Ye anymore. >
  
  Great follow up. >
  
  Adidas dropped him, didn't they? >
  
  From where? On his head? >
  
  Force Majeure in their vocabulary is " caught in the act". >
  
  Find a third balloon, and it is a majeure à trois >
  
  Maybe then we'll figure out who the Chinese are in bed with. >
  
  China doesn’t do soft power well. They have a limited number of allies.
  Russia and China are friendly but only if China doesn’t mess with India. Russia will always side with India because Russia and India both experienced “Sino wars” in the 1960’s. >
  
  India is one of Russia’s largest trading partners. It might be the largest now. >
  
  Sure - it “accidentally” flew through Canada and halfway across the US without them notifying anyone >
  
  I've seen a flight path posted which supposedly originates from NORAD and they have the balloon as coming from the Chinese mainland. That thing crossed over both South-Korean and Japanese airspace before going up the Pacific Northwest outwards of Kamchatka towards Alaska. So they must have been tracking it since it was launched, or are they just extrapolating from wind directions etc? >
  
  The US definitely tracked the balloon since launch. The US early warning agencies are very, very interested in all artificial flying things coming out of Russia/Asia. >
  
  But then let it fly through Alaska and CONUS and only shot it down over the Atlantic when it was done doing everything it wanted to? 
  I’m not saying you’re wrong but it honesty doesn’t make sense. >
  
  If it is harmless why show your emergency response? >
  
  
  "China has always strictly abided by international law and respected the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries," the ministry said
  
  Riiight, riight, right. >
  
  Every other country that borders the South China Sea would beg to differ. Every single one. >
  
  China has fought a war with every single one of their neighbors, even the ones that aren’t land bordering them lol >
  
  I do indeed remember when big bully China fought a war against sweet innocent Japan in the 1930s and 40s >
  
  Japan was trying to de-Nazify China ofc >
  
  Now it seems the accident is changing course intentionally and there is a second accident floating over Latin America. >
  
  Would not be surprised it if lingers over Brazil for a long time.
  Two democratic countries that have extremely splintered political parties and very narrow elections where candidates refused to concede a loss. Just throw a scary sounding spy balloon and rile up the portion that scares easily so they vote for more authoritarian politicians. Another way to create division and sow weakness in countries. >
  
  when it comes to Chinese surveillance, I’m generally more concerned with the millions of people sharing their faces and voices w TikTok everyday than I am with the balloon >
  
  china: we dont have to use airballoons to spy on you. we simply bribe some of your underpaid workers. >
  
  That costs money though. Just handing out TikTok to everyone is way easier. >
  
  Insane how little tiktok is being brought up right now. 1/8th of all living humans across the entire planet are using tiktok every month, voluntarily sharing private and confidential info >
  
  Insane how little US spyware apps like Facebook, Twitter, Insta, Snapchat get brought up >
  
  Well the two are very different so why would those be brought up? >
  
  Difference in that American spyware = good? Chinese spyware = bad? >
  
  The level of spyware in TikTok > level of spyware in Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter combined >
  
  If you actually believe that, then there's really no changing your mind lmao >
  
  Lol ahh yes because all the other apps share data through a third party and I can’t tell where my data goes from Facebook 🙄 putting it out there I don’t use Facebook Twitter or insta for the reason I don’t want my data fucked with, doesn’t change the fact that TikTok is leagues worse than any of them tho >
  
  
  through a third party
  
  Is the US government a third party though?
  Surely if you're concerned about Tiktok spying then you would like to see something done about all apps spying