Taiwan and China thread.

McBain said:
China upset that the US used force to down this balloon?

Lol, China.
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I remember just after Bush was elected China ended up bringing down a US Spy plane after some Chinese flighter pilot got too aggressive and ended up killing himself by accidentally crashing into it resulting in the US plane carrying out an emergency landing. China then interrogated the crew and charged the US to ship the transport back + demanded compensation for their dead pilot who caused the whole thing.
 
Stumble Bum said:
Why? Are there US satellites in China airspace then?
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There is no airspace in space. And any satellite that is lower then geostationary orbit is orbiting the earth faster than the earth turns. Those in low earth orbit like the ISS and Starlink orbit 16 times a day so may pass over China several times a day depending on their orbit. They are however completely predictable so if a country wants to hide something from their sensors they make sure its hidden when the satellite flies over.
 
People saying stuff made in china is crap quality but this incident proves china can make good quality stuff too like balloons that can only be taken out with missiles.
They probably got cars that can tank nukes.
 
Cyber-Mav said:
i got a pin.
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The amusing thing is there are probably some people out there who'd think that's a reasonable idea. Shooting the balloon with cannon isn't a totally unreasonable idea in itself but it's been tried before; massive balloons like that can survive having multiple holes put into them but if the notion that it will rapidly deflate is someone's imagined/preconceived reality then even if you show them evidence otherwise they can still find it hard to accept as seen earlier. Likewise, there are people out there who perhaps think that cars really do instantly explode like in the movies if you shoot a gun at them and it hits the fuel tank.

I reckon if someone were to crowdsource the US public for suggestions on taking it down you'd get all sort of ideas from giant nets to say someone from Texas offering to lasso it from his Cessna.

I do wonder perhaps if these sorts of incidents were to become more common, should the US and others develop a cheaper solution of some sort to bring these balloons down, advanced air-to-air missiles are expensive (apparently circa $400k for the one used) and ideally used against other aircraft in a war with China situation... maybe a big laser or giant flying pin could be the solution after all! :D
 
Participant said:
Why are the Chinese still insisting it was an accidental incursion, it's just utterly embarrassing.
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To save face obviously They were initially quite arrogant and angry about claims the US was trying to smear China before finally admitting it was one of theirs. The question is why, coming as it does a few days before a high level visit from the US administration which Xi was pinning high expectations on its hard to believe he ordered this unless he's monumentally deluded to think the US would just let it pass, it points to internal politics in China either way someone's getting a major slap down.
 
McBain said:
China upset that the US used force to down this balloon?

Lol, China.
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It's a bizarre response. Like they wouldn't have the same thing? :confused:

My only other comment on this story is why on earth did it take so long for them to shoot it down? I would have ordered it downed the moment it was in US airspace, not when it was already across most of it and on it's way out??
 
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