(02-07-2023, 10:45 AM)727Sky Wrote: Worth a listen about the lies being spread

Quote:GEN. VANHERCK: So those balloons, so every day as a NORAD commander it's my responsible to -- responsibility to detect threats to North America. I will tell you that we did not detect those threats. And that's a domain awareness gap that we have to figure out. But I don't want to go in further detail.

The intel community, after the fact, I believe has been briefed already, assess those threats to additional means of collection from additional means and made us aware of those balloons that were previously approaching North America or transited North America. I hope that answers your question.
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(02-07-2023, 12:47 PM)Bally002 Wrote:

(02-07-2023, 10:45 AM)727Sky Wrote: Worth a listen about the lies being spread

I watched many more vids after Tucker about the "lies".  Had a bit of a chuckle but no surprise.  Presidents not being briefed about other flights. (Treason?).  Mad dog not briefing Trump!  Because Trump was too aggressive. lol.  

I still reckon that a large percentage of US tech and secrets come from US domestic/servants/employees paid by the Chinese and not just from inserted Chinese spies.  Revealing now that this comes from the top not inclusive of elected Presidents.

Sounds pretty effed up to me mate.  Some monies perhaps getting exchanged?

Don't send a balloon to an F22 fight?

Just had to comment. 

Kind regards,

Bally)

Quote:We continue our series of reports on China's latest scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. Wang Xiying reports on the new Chinese tethered ballon that is gathering weather data from over 9,000 meters above sea level.

Higher than Mt. Qomolangma, the summit of the world, the Chinese tethered balloon, Jimu 1, has reached an altitude of 9,032 meters above sea level. It's the first time China has carried out such a comprehensive observation from the upper troposphere.

GAO JING Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research Chinese Academy of Sciences "We have never carried out an observation from such a high altitude. We want to collect information about the changing process from the near surface to the middle of the troposphere, to fill gaps in research. And this place is ideal. Also, the data can help us compare meteorological gradients at different altitudes."

It seems like an easy job: inflate the balloon and let it go.

But behind all this, it's quite a hard work for researchers to install all the monitors on the giant vessel.

And, importantly, they have been waiting for days to get a perfect weather.

There is no way for the tethered balloon to go straight up unless the strong wind stops.

The best working window for the team is from midnight to the next morning.

The balloon carries half a dozen different monitors to collect water isotopes and carbon, measure ozone etc. It's fragile and precious.

It's not an easy task to keep it still until the day of the ascent.

HE ZEQING Senior Engineer, Aerospace Information Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences "The weather is not quite what we expected. It's quite terrible, which has a great impact on the movement of the balloon, causing bad turbulence. Although the whole system operates well, 64 of us have to ensure the stability of the platform every day due to the strong wind on the plateau."

Despite all this, the mission is partly completed. As the tethered balloon goes up and up, we are also one step closer to unveiling scientific mysteries high above the sky. Wang Xiying CGTN, at Chinese Academy of Sciences Qomolangma station.

Mission to Roof of the World

Quote:From the perspective of the War Department and Army intelligence, the thing that they feared most was biological warfare. They inspected all balloons for any presence of biological agents, something that might spread disease among humans or livestock. Ultimately there never was any biological component to the balloons.

Secondary to that was that these incendiary devices would ignite wildfires in the Western states and the Americans would have to divert resources that might have been used in the Pacific theater. Also, there was the possibility that these balloons would create panic, leading to a weakening of the morale of the American people.

Was the American public informed about the arrival of these offensive weapons in the U.S.?

Word of the very first balloons that arrive, the ones in Wyoming and Montana, did make its way into the press. Small local newspapers covered the arrival of these balloons, but there were very few details. In the first week of January, stories appeared in TIME and Newsweek.

[A January 1, 1945 TIME story disclosed some details about the balloons: “A 70-foot fuse connected to a small incendiary bomb” and “the FBI discovered that the Japanese had obligingly printed a good deal of information on the bag. It had been completed only a few weeks before, on Oct. 31, at a Japanese factory. Japanese characters also revealed the number of hours spent in its manufacture, data regarding work shifts.”]

Quote:Actual damage caused by the balloon bombs was minor. However, the incendiaries that these balloons carried did pose a serious threat to the northwestern U.S. forests during dry months. These balloons also offered a vehicle for germ warfare if the Japanese had decided to employ this weapon.

The balloon attacks began after air defense facilities in the United States had been deactivated. To counter this threat, U.S. Army Air Forces and Navy fighters flew intercept missions to shoot down balloons when sighted. Army personnel and USAAF aircraft were also stationed at critical points to combat any forest fires that might occur. In addition, supplies of decontamination chemicals and sprays to counter any possible use of germ warfare were quietly distributed in the western United States. Before detailed USAAF defensive plans had been put into effect, the attacks ceased.

Quote:On September 19, two Americans spoke with Lieutenant Colonel Terato Kunitake and a Major Inouye. They stated that all records of the Fu-Go program had been destroyed in compliance with a directive on August 15. This interview, and no official Japanese documents, was to be the only source of information regarding the objectives of the Fu-Go program for the US authorities, explains Coen.

The investigators learned that the Japanese had planned to make 20,000 balloons, but had fallen short of that mark. They also learned that the campaign was “designed to offset the shame of the Doolittle raid,” Coen notes. According to this interview, the Japanese Army had known that it would not be an effective weapon, but pursued it for the morale boost. When there were no reports of actual damage in the US, the Japanese media had made up fake stories about the weakening of American resolve. They also confirmed that there was no plan for biological or chemical warfare with the balloons.

While the balloons failed to be an effective weapon, they were a product of wartime scientific innovation. When the first balloons arrived in America, they technically became the world’s first intercontinental ballistic missile.

Japanese Balloon Bombs “Fu-Go”