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  Right after it finishes transmitting all it’s critical data about our infrastructure…..
context: I suspect that plan is already formulated and in process.
  Friday:
  republicans: Biden is weak he didn't shoot it down.  I would have already shot it down
  Saturday:
  Biden shot it down and the Chinese are now angry at us.  Biden shouldn't have shot it down. >
  
  I mean, the Republicans are currently bitching about a  Congressman who was pursued by Chinese spy, reported it and was investigated and cleared by the FBI 10 years ago...
  All while curiously overlooking that a former President just a few years ago had lied about having  a secret Chinese Bank account, then lied about closing it when he was caught, or the Chinese spy caught with multiple USBs wandering around Mar-a-Lago where classified material was insecurely and openly stored, or the former Senate Majority Leader and his wife former Secretary of Transportation who's received millions from her high-level CCP family members like her father who was right hand man to the previous Chinese Premier and her sister is responsible for building the CCP Navy. >
  
  Yeah these people make no sense in a rational world.  They don't work based on rational thinking.  Its all just no position criticism. >
  
  It flew over the Yukon, BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
  Apparently as it flew over Canada, the Canadian defense department said it launched a second object / vehicle which can pose a problem to lower altitude aircraft
  
  A statement from the Defence Department also mentioned it was monitoring a "potential second incident" but did not elaborate further. Sources told CTV News that a smaller object may have been released from the balloon that might pose a risk to planes. A flight advisory was issued to pilots in Alberta and Saskatchewan in response.)
  
  I wonder what they’re planning to do about this 2nd object it may have launched into Canada, and what will become of it (assuming it’s not heading towards an ocean).
  This thing is now turning into a little b@itch >
  
  Been wanting to see the capabilities of the Jewish space lasers for a while now LETS GOOOO
  /s >
  
  Shoot the fucker down when it's safe to do so. >
  
  They just announced that they did. >
  
  We've got a tracking megathread here >
  
  I like you, thanks. >
  
  You'd think with all the republicans believing the China released covid on purpose, that they would be wary of an overly obvious balloon that's begging to be shot down. Great way to make your enemy release a bioweapon in their own country. >
  
  2nd time seeing this wacko bio weapon theory.
  You understand that would be an overt act of war, deploying a wmd over another nations territory, right? Why would China do that? What benefits are there for China to intentionally start ww3? >
  
  I realize it, but I guess I needed to add the /s. >
  
  I mean they prob got all the intel they could from the balloon and since it would be over the ocean makes sense they would shoot it down now. >
  
  And let’s take it out with a vintage WWII plane just for the flex. >
  
  60000 feet is above the operational height of WWII aircraft - all of them. >
  
  That's the flex part >
  
  “In the meantime, the relationship will not improve in the near future ... the gap is huge.” >
  
  At least from a map I saw on reddit yesterday, the Balloon did a remarkable job mostly AVOIDING the pacific ocean and crossing instead over the Baring Strait, across Alaska, Canada and to the 48 States of the US.
  So don't be so sure its gonna go over the Atlantic >
  
  The thing can obviously navigate if it paralleled half the DEW line and then headed south like a goose with a mission. >
  
  I don’t accept the idea that there’s no way the U.S. military couldn’t intercept it and bring it down without it risking hitting people below. It’s a slow moving weather balloon. If we can pit people on the moon I’m sure there’s a way to engineer this problem. >
  
  So you don't accept that judgement based on what information other than "its a weather balloon"? >
  
  It’s as I said — this isn’t shooting a rocket or plane out of the sky, it’s a slow moving object. If America had set the priority to destroy this thing as quickly as possible I don’t have doubts it would already be done. 
  And if that’s truly outside of the realm of its military capabilities, then America is in a lot more trouble than many might realize. >
  
  Personally I'm taking their lack of urgency into shooting it down as evidence the Pentagon doesn't consider it much of a threat.  
  If they were really worried about it, it would be worth the tiny risk to people on the ground. >
  
  Exactly this. I do think they could have publicly acknowledged it long before people did to sort of control the narrative, if you will. 
  I see wild assumptions everywhere about what we do and don't know about it and why we aren't acting. It's insane. It probably worked in China's favor because RW Twitter was all over it. >
  
  This is hardly the first time a Chinese balloon has drifted over the US.    It's just the first time we raised a stink about it. >
  
  I played enough Bloons to know we've only got 39 more rounds until the M.O.A.B.