Maybe we won't pop it because due the possibility that it has a Wheat Rot bacteria in it. In the 70s, the US studied the possibility of deploying weapons that targeted the enemy's food sources. Principally using a wheat rot bacteria that kills and/or prevents the wheat grain head from developing, and deploying in the air and using the winds to spread it.
The Chicoms are dirty bastards and I have no doubt they have all this in their hip pocket in the event of war. Hell, we probably handed them our studies on it.
To what end? China imports a lot of wheat from the US.
Maybe we won't pop it because due the possibility that it has a Wheat Rot bacteria in it. In the 70s, the US studied the possibility of deploying weapons that targeted the enemy's food sources. Principally using a wheat rot bacteria that kills and/or prevents the wheat grain head from developing, and deploying in the air and using the winds to spread it.
The Chicoms are dirty bastards and I have no doubt they have all this in their hip pocket in the event of war. Hell, we probably handed them our studies on it.
To what end? China imports a lot of wheat from the US.
The Chicoms will survive. They've already proven they don't care about their billion plus peasants. Mao said if you kill a million of us, you only help us. China will cut off its own nose to spite its face in a war.
That thing is likely at 80,000 feet of higher. What are we going to shoot it down with. That’s beyond the operational ceiling of anything we have as far as aircraft go. And it’s likely made of Mylar with us invisible to radar. Likely all the cables and equipment underneath is made from composites as well. Probably got the radar signature or a housefly. It gives off no heat either.
Mylar shows up quite well on radar. Back when I was doing the SAR thing, our C-144s would pick up mylar balloons on the surface of the gulf on radar from 5 miles away. If the balloon has even a minimal sensor package in it, I suspect our radar systems can see it. Further, if it's transmitting anything electronically, I suspect we can "see" that as well. I suspect we have laser guided systems and visually guided systems that will work as well.
Maybe we won't pop it because due the possibility that it has a Wheat Rot bacteria in it. In the 70s, the US studied the possibility of deploying weapons that targeted the enemy's food sources. Principally using a wheat rot bacteria that kills and/or prevents the wheat grain head from developing, and deploying in the air and using the winds to spread it.
The Chicoms are dirty bastards and I have no doubt they have all this in their hip pocket in the event of war. Hell, we probably handed them our studies on it.
To what end? China imports a lot of wheat from the US.
Where are the bullets/missile debris going after they pass through the balloon??? Everywhere you point to shoot has an unsafe backstop.....
Back in the 80's, whilst I was working at Miami ARTCC, an air traffic facility, the balloon/small blimp that was tethered over Cudjoe Key slipped it's mooring and went drifting across the gulf trailing a MILE or so of tether.....
A concerned boater decided to rescue same and tied it off to his boat...... well this was early in the day, and as the sun warmed things up the balloon became more buoyant, lifted the boat out of the water, dumped all occupants into the gulf, and proceeded to drift across the gulf once again...
What to do??
Scamble jets out of homestead......
they chose a missile, problem solved!
The balloon is at 60,000 ft. I don't believe there are any jets out of Homestead that can get anywhere close to that height.
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