The news broke as CIA Director William Burns was speaking at an event at Washington’s Georgetown University, at which he called China the "biggest geopolitical challenge" currently facing the United States.
The Billings, Montana airport issued a ground stop as the military mobilized assets including F-22 fighter jets in case Biden ordered the balloon be shot down. The official said the current flight path would carry the balloon over a number of sensitive sites, but did not give details. Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana is home to 150 intercontinental ballistic missile silos.
Feeling sorry for any innocent Chinese kid loitering around Pennsylvania Avenue right now. 🙄
world tension +5%
how do they know it's chinese instead of russian?
And they'll let it fly? espionage
If Ch could get that close to Pentagon...the US might as well being called the weakest nation on earth.
China literally has a space station in orbit..... Americans are so brainwashed that they believe China is sending balloons to spy on them ....
I’m so surprised that you didn’t find a kite
If our intel sucks so bad that a so-called Chinese BALLOON is not spotted until over Montana. We’re fked. Sounds like a reason to spread ourselves thin in Taiwan. Convenient propaganda
Ahhhhhh reuters the forever propaganda mouthpiece of pentagon. Did reuters verify if pentagon has landed a soldier or robot on that balloon and found evidence that it is chinese n found spying hardware? Just demonizing China to justify another war to enrich the pentagon.
Chinese virus balloon?
F35 Vs the 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈 2023 is going to be very interesting.
Suspect this, suspect that. Who is to confirm it is not a 'false flag' balloon by Putin to sour the Sino-US relationship further ?
Sir, China has an advanced satellite network, maybe that balloon belonged to the kid downstairs in my house, and it was just blown to America by the wind
Media is in war with the world
I'm a bit surprised that this balloon hasn't suffered a malfunction since entering US territory
Of only we had a rocket with a big ass pin on the tip of it
It's a balloon, wait until the ground below is clear, and send a rocket to shoot the damm thing down...
So
Bring down the balloon and check. No point theorize about it.
Put a great huge hole in it. Problem solved
Ha ha please
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