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FrankTC

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1. Hm . . . What's the Play Here?

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sat Feb 4, 2023, 07:46 AM

Feb 2023

If the info from "sources" is reliable, it seems like the inspecting jet fighters from NORAD coulda shot the spy balloon down over mostly uninhabited Canadian wilderness, with little likelihood of hurting anyone. Which means that the operative rationale about not shooting it down now -- concern that falling debris might hurt someone -- is BS. Apparently there was a deliberate decision to let the balloon drift across the US. What's the benefit? Are we getting more intelligence from it than it's getting from us? Did Blinken need a convenient excuse to avoid going to China? Any DU people with spycraft expertise care to speculate?

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Canada tracked suspected Chinese spy balloon over Canadian airspace since last weekend: sources [View all] sl8 Feb 2023 OP

Hm . . . What's the Play Here? FrankTC Feb 2023 #1

I guess that... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #2

"Uninhabited Canadian wilderness" Wibly Feb 2023 #4

What're the odds we could be using this to give China fake intel-data? Otherwise it's hard to find 2live is 2fly Feb 2023 #3