How to pop a balloon

[lpm]

Balloon 2: Alaska Shootdown

[jimbob]

Balloon 2: Alaska Shootdown

Not a balloon, an "object"

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white- ... -rcna70166

[Martin Y]

Pterosaur?

[Herainestold]

The Chinese have capabilities that we can only imagine.

[monkey]

The Chinese have capabilities that we can only imagine.

Like space lasers? clicky

[shpalman]

The Chinese have capabilities that are only imaginary.

Fixed it for you.

[lpm]

The Chinese have capabilities that we can only imagine.

Yep.

Balloon animals.

They have the capabilities to send over giant balloon animals to fool the capitalist swine.

"No Mr President, it's not a spy balloon, our pilot has identified it as a giant sausage dog."

[Grumble]

The Chinese have capabilities that we can only imagine.

I imagine that they have the powers of The Mole from The Incredibles

[lpm]

Balloon 3: Canada UFO

[bob sterman]

Do we need to start a new thread - "How to bring down an 'octagonal object' that may or may not be a balloon".

Apparently the commander of NORAD has said...

I'm not going to categorize them as balloons. We're calling them objects for a reason

[Woodchopper]

Do we need to start a new thread - "How to bring down an 'octagonal object' that may or may not be a balloon".

Apparently the commander of NORAD has said...

I'm not going to categorize them as balloons. We're calling them objects for a reason

Excerpt from a draft script for Veep.

General: We've detected another balloon heading toward Alaska.
Advisor to the President: We can't call them balloons. Sounds like something my kid has at her birthday party.
General: What about 'balloon like object'.
Advisor: Nope, still too innocuous. But I like the word 'object'. Sounds menacing, like a UFO or something.
General: OK, 'object' it is.

[lpm]

I like the way they pretend there's "mystery". Even though the site where China launches these balloons has been identified.

[dyqik]

Are you sure it's not all a cunning promotion for the U2 tour that was advertised during the Superbowl - Live at the Sphere? That had a fair number of balloon like objects in it.

[bob sterman]

New USAF simulator training system...

https://wordwall.net/resource/4363534/shapes

[Woodchopper]

Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down By USAF

https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/ ... -down-usaf

[EACLucifer]

As photographed from a U2, the day before the schwacking occurred.

[Grumble]

I’m just amazed U2’s are still flying. Are they still making them?

[Martin Y]

I’m just amazed U2’s are still flying. Are they still making them?

I very much doubt they've made one since the '60s. All their fleet of B52s were built over ten years starting in 1952.

<edit to add> Oh. I'm wrong. They built the last one in 1989!

[Al Capone Junior]

We didn't know about Google maps, thanks for forwarding the link. Yep that would have allowed us to get lost much easier than sending the balloon.

Fixed that for you