An American intelligence assessment found that the balloon used a commercially available U.S. network to communicate, primarily for navigation, U.S. officials say.
  • invo_rt [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    WASHINGTON, June 29 (Reuters) - A Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States earlier this year before being shot down did not collect information as it went across the country, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

    “We assess that it did not collect while it was flying over the U.S.,” Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Pat Ryder told reporters.

    The balloon spent a week flying over the United States and Canada before the U.S. military shot it down off the Atlantic Coast on Biden’s orders.

    Yeah, a spy balloon that apparently didn’t do any spying.

    • ProletarianDictator [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I don’t know what I find funnier,

      The thought of a Red Dawn scene of weather balloons approaching over the horizon for real.

      or

      Every lib forevermore reacting to childrens birthday parties like they saw Hamas’s makeshift paragliders descending upon them afterwards.

      the-boys-are-back-in-town

      If I were Xi, I’d be sending over 10-12 low-flying weather balloons every week with nothing on them except a decal of China’s cute lil hammer & sickle. Whenever I’m asked to respond, just hit a different Fortnite dance on em until Americans accept their total humiliation.