Pentagon says Chinese spy balloon seen flying over United States, but it is too risky to shoot down

The balloon was detected over Montana, which is home to one of the US's three nuclear missile silo fields at Malmstrom Air Force Base.abc.net.au/news/china-spy-balloon-seen-over-us/101926096The Pentagon has been tracking a suspected Chinese spy balloon that has been flying over the United States but has decided it is too risky to shoot it down.

Senior US military leaders considered shooting down the spy balloon over Montana, which is home to one of the nation's three nuclear missile silo fields at Malmstrom Air Force Base, but eventually recommended against it because of the potential safety risk from debris. The official would not specify the size of the balloon, but said it was large enough that, despite its high altitude, commercial pilots could see it.

The spy-movie-like intelligence-collection method highlighted the lengths to which Beijing and Washington are willing to go to spy on each other amid increased tensions.Brigadier General Patrick Ryder says similar activity has been detected during the past few years.

Just shoot it down!!

A trillion dollars a year to fund the military. One balloon defeats it? Priceless.

Who, I mean seriously who on this planet believes ANY part of this complete and utter garbage? A balloon, c'mon.

Its probably from nth Korea. Made in China however.

I think the Chinese made clothing has spy chip inside lol

its all US fault they ran out of satellite chips and using balloons with huawei cameras. if you start banning huawei you will find someone with binoculars using morse code on the balloons next

Why not just capture?

Too risky to shoot a balloon? Biden is owned by China

Shoot a dog bang bang but American can’t shoot balloon dead ? Are you kidding me ?

Aliena arundel in that Chinese balloon. If we sneeze, qe know.

Just shoot it down anyway

Shows how useless they are the USA government. That they couldn't do it while it was at sea .

Don't shoot it down. Poke a few holes in it and let it drop slowly. What geniuses do we have on the pentagon payroll?

Lies. Deception

Too risky 🤣 what a load of crap

🤣😂……

They should still shoot it down on principle. If they leave it be, that will be a message to China that it can get away with doing it again.

seems our media start to just blindly copying & pasting from the US media…

Meanwhile the US has surveillance satellites...

quite amused and amazing to hear all sorts of 'accusation' stories by US from CIA, NASA and now pentagon, understand US's anxiety on its hegemony status facing challenge but who authorise US to spy whole world by using satellites

…they can just wait until it’s over water and then shoot it down…

Skyhook... Done.

US letting it collect all the data before shooting it down.

Send a heap over China then

In other news: Harmless balloon found to be carrying nuclear ordnance. The irony in all of it though: 'Montana, which is home to one of the nation's three nuclear missile silo fields at Malmstrom Air Force Base' Why use a spy balloon? Just read the ABC.

“Will be shot down after we finish number one priority projectpronoun”

If you want to shut down, TikTok, you’ll find a way to get rid of that satellite.

BS BS BS…. Shoot it down around Death Valley

china will win witness the immense social weakness of america right now they cant even protect their own borders drug use is epidemic a country ruined by leftism inspired weakness

Bends over, pulls down pants and slaps a$$ cheeks. Checkout them apples.

what are they looking at the crops? or the traffic jams

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