Gordon Chang builds a plausible thesis that they may be DHS, FBI, or possibly CIA drones searching for nuclear material that has been smuggled into the US and is being, or has been, built into some sot of weapon. In support he offers the fact that there have been two recent radioactivity "spikes" in New York, one on each side of the Hudson River.
If that is the case, it also explains why the government is neither shooting them down nor explaining why they are up there. An explanation in those circumstances would induce a panic retreat from New York at least, and very likely numerous other places the drones have been sighted, with what would probably be a staggering loss of life, even without a nuclear detonation. Just the confirmed threat of one would start the circus up. I can tell you for sure that New Yorkers, city folks in general, would likely meet with a harsh end out here in the boonies. We saw that here, during COVID, when a gaggle of New Yorkers tried to flee the city and alight here, at Poplar Gap in Buchanan County. They were met at the county line and turned back. If they had insisted, they would likely never have been seen again. We do not suffer invaders here as gladly as some other folks do.
If that were the case, I would think tht non-descript cars, with sensors fore, aft, right, and left driven through the residential areas, might be a better, low er-key detector choice, but I've never credited many government agencies with an overabundance of smarts - so maybe they ain't thought of that.
He also flirts with the notion that it is a reconnaissance mission preparatory to an invasion by either China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea... or all of the above in a united front. That, to me is scarier than a nuke in New York, but thankfully it's a lot less likely. None of the above mentioned powers have the force projection capability to get that done. Even all of them combined don't have that kind of oomf. They don't have enough boats and planes to deliver an overwhelming force, plus the fact that they'd have to cross two oceans without being detected... and then they'd meet up with "a rifle behind every blade of grass". I reckon they might try it, but that would be pretty suicidal on their part, and likely not just the end of all their soldiers, but the end of their nations as well.
So, I personally believe that second scenario to be a lot less likely.
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If that is the case, it also explains why the government is neither shooting them down nor explaining why they are up there. An explanation in those circumstances would induce a panic retreat from New York at least, and very likely numerous other places the drones have been sighted, with what would probably be a staggering loss of life, even without a nuclear detonation. Just the confirmed threat of one would start the circus up. I can tell you for sure that New Yorkers, city folks in general, would likely meet with a harsh end out here in the boonies. We saw that here, during COVID, when a gaggle of New Yorkers tried to flee the city and alight here, at Poplar Gap in Buchanan County. They were met at the county line and turned back. If they had insisted, they would likely never have been seen again. We do not suffer invaders here as gladly as some other folks do.
If that were the case, I would think tht non-descript cars, with sensors fore, aft, right, and left driven through the residential areas, might be a better, low er-key detector choice, but I've never credited many government agencies with an overabundance of smarts - so maybe they ain't thought of that.
He also flirts with the notion that it is a reconnaissance mission preparatory to an invasion by either China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea... or all of the above in a united front. That, to me is scarier than a nuke in New York, but thankfully it's a lot less likely. None of the above mentioned powers have the force projection capability to get that done. Even all of them combined don't have that kind of oomf. They don't have enough boats and planes to deliver an overwhelming force, plus the fact that they'd have to cross two oceans without being detected... and then they'd meet up with "a rifle behind every blade of grass". I reckon they might try it, but that would be pretty suicidal on their part, and likely not just the end of all their soldiers, but the end of their nations as well.
So, I personally believe that second scenario to be a lot less likely.
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