Chinese Blimp over US
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It's a shame we don't have the tech to snag the thing out of the air.
Not sure why they haven't fired a laser at it to deflate it yet.
You'd still have the payload dropping down in somebody's back yard.
Chinese spy balloon over central US, will be in US airspace for 'a few days,' Pentagon says
A Pentagon spokesman said Friday that the Chinese surveillance balloon detected over the U.S. earlier this week has moved eastward and is being closely monitored.
Those boys in WV will figure out a way to bring it down if it passes overhead.
"Here, hold my beer...."
Sneakers
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From the original article:
So, better than 35,000 feet. If the WV boys can find a way to take it down from up there, I sure don't want them on my bad side. And def want them on my side when the government revolt happens.
That's where the Rocket Boys are from.
Sad but true.
WingsOfGold
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Maybe a small hole to slowly deflate?
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
Well, let's think about this. Weather balloon - it's barely filled at the ground, just enough to let it lift off. As it ascends, it expands. If you were to remove some of the gas at altitude (30,000+) and return it to the earth, it wouldn't have enough lift to keep it buoyant.
If you slowly release the blimp's gas at altitude, it will descend. If the release is not checked, it will fall faster and faster. By the time it gets near the ground it will be a rock and plummet and crash. Spectacularly.
SamSpade
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You know, that is almost the ONLY scene from F Troop I can remember.
Well if reports are true the Pentagon has said it has changed course. That makes it an airship and not a balloon. Weather balloons go up until they pop, this thing is operating at around 60,000 feet.
Sneakers
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Had to assume it was a controlled device. Leaving it to the air currents at that altitude wouldn't be useful.
Still a lot of unknowns here, but airship does fit the description more accurately.
And to be clear, I didn't call this whatever a ballon. I did call it a blimp. Blimps are controllable. I just used a weather balloon to describe what would happen with gas release.
WingsOfGold
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Good point
WingsOfGold
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This thing so they say it can maneuver. Looks like Dementia Joe has some serious shiit on his face.
Ping to dementia........... raise big enough stink we will release bank records, you still owe us.
When I was at Norwich, we experimented with various homemade explosives, ATF was on campus at lea 1 or 2 times each semester.
Spring of 78, we decided to launch a weather balloon with a loaded gondola from the roof of the southern most barracks on campus when the wind was blowing north towards the local town square. Perfect conditions on a Saturday night a little before midnight, launch was made.
Timer worked perfect, flares strapped to the outside lit just as the craft cleared the spire of the admin building at the north end of the barracks quad.
From the semi-darkness below, heard a voice yelling; "It is balloon!!!" It sounded like one of the Imperial Iranian Navy cadets who were studying there.
About 10 minutes later the barometric switch worked perfect as the balloon made 5,000' altitude above the town.
BOOM!!! went the 5 pounds of homemade dynamite.
Most every cadet on campus knew who we culprits were, ATF never found out.
One of our team members was a Physics major who specialized in atmospheric dynamics.