For anyone who wants a bit of entirely factual context COMPLETELY absent from mainstream reporting. US Military to Use High-Altitude Balloons Against China, Russia: Report https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/07/06/us-military-balloo...
Yeah but we're team America world police so we can do what we want /s
US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada
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Re: US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada
#402Earlier quoted context omitted.
AI summary: Adversary drones are spying on the U.S. and the Pentagon is acting like they are UFOs. This gross inaction and the stigma surrounding unexplained aerial phenomena has led to a massive failure in U.S. military intelligence. It is likely that a wide array of explanations exist for the UFO mystery, and America's prevailing cultural issues and the general stigma surrounding UFOs was successfully targeted and…
That's a cute bookmark, though this is unfortunate: https://labs.kagi.com/ai/sum?url=file:////etc/passwd
Re: US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada
#403Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not very fun fact: Japan tried to use the jet stream to bomb America via incendiary balloon. It was largely unsuccessful of course, but still a creative way of bridging the Pacific: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb?wprov=sfla1
Sadly only success was killing a church group out on a Sunday school picnic.
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#404Earlier quoted context omitted.
For all its flaws, I'd take a democracy over the Soviets in the 80s, or CCP/North Korea today. I can't imagine what the world would have looked like if the Soviets had won the cold war, or if the CCP wins the next.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. -John Kenneth Galbraith
Re: US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada
#405Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not very fun fact: Japan tried to use the jet stream to bomb America via incendiary balloon. It was largely unsuccessful of course, but still a creative way of bridging the Pacific: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb?wprov=sfla1
Sadly only success was killing a church group out on a Sunday school picnic.
Re: US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada
#406For anyone who wants a bit of entirely factual context COMPLETELY absent from mainstream reporting. US Military to Use High-Altitude Balloons Against China, Russia: Report https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/07/06/us-military-balloo...
Re: US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada
#407For anyone who wants a bit of entirely factual context COMPLETELY absent from mainstream reporting. US Military to Use High-Altitude Balloons Against China, Russia: Report https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/07/06/us-military-balloo...
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-28#Operational_hist...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Genetrix
[2] https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/the-soviets-built-besp...
Re: US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada
#408I feel like I'm thrown back to the 80s, all this military and fear mongering and propaganda and war.
For all its flaws, I'd take a democracy over the Soviets in the 80s, or CCP/North Korea today. I can't imagine what the world would have looked like if the Soviets had won the cold war, or if the CCP wins the next.
Re: US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada
#409For anyone who wants a bit of entirely factual context COMPLETELY absent from mainstream reporting. US Military to Use High-Altitude Balloons Against China, Russia: Report https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/07/06/us-military-balloo...
It’s a stretch to present these as equivalent.
Re: US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada
#410China seems to be testing the US air defense system, is this a sign that China is getting serious over Taiwan?
China getting serious over Taiwan would be them creating deeper ties with Taiwan's economy and ruling body, and just waiting a few decades.