"US officials now say that Beijing did receive information in real time. "China was able to control the balloon so it could make multiple passes over some of the sites (at times flying figure eight formations) and transmit the information it collected back to Beijing in real time, the three officials said," the report underscores."
Both are flying balloons over each other. Have been for very long time as far back as Roswell.
Balloons were often called weather or otherwise atmospheric and such.
They have become far more advanced and are otherwise drones with any balloon providing much more flight time, using solar panels can refuel, steer, and can potentially orbit huge parts of the planet.
Like a satellite, except they're exclusively a balloon. These drift with the weather systems they read. Nice an innocently. No real danger on losing them, they're cheaper to launch. Probably even self detonate. Of course they're becoming much more advanced but this is the technology. It can steer them, and allow huge flight times, crisscrossed etc.
Satellites don't have nearly the same resolution. Balloons would be at least 10x better which could matter for precision guidance and object detection.
Just my opinion, but this is probably not the right social media site for anyone that believe China is flying spy balloons over the US.
I know, I know, you saw it on the news and everything.
Wait until you find out all satellites are launched with and use balloons to remain in "orbit"
Source: you heard it here first
"US officials now say that Beijing did receive information in real time. "China was able to control the balloon so it could make multiple passes over some of the sites (at times flying figure eight formations) and transmit the information it collected back to Beijing in real time, the three officials said," the report underscores."
This sounds like it is a blatant lie and not how balloons work.
There’s a lot of guess work involved.
You don’t precisely steer a balloon over the same site multiple times. That doesn’t even make sense.
And if it did that, you’re not even talking about a balloon, but something else entirely.
You could with certain technologies. To say you cant seems quite ignorant.
I think we can safely assume it wasnt for cameras, as satellites could proably see just as much. Eavesdropping on radio signals maybe?
To say you can seems quite ignorant.
How do you think they steered the blimps back in the old days?
Can you prove that the balloons were flown over areas which are blocked from public satellite video feed?
Which specific targets would China want to photograph or film with balloon surveillance?
Both are flying balloons over each other. Have been for very long time as far back as Roswell.
Balloons were often called weather or otherwise atmospheric and such.
They have become far more advanced and are otherwise drones with any balloon providing much more flight time, using solar panels can refuel, steer, and can potentially orbit huge parts of the planet.
Like a satellite, except they're exclusively a balloon. These drift with the weather systems they read. Nice an innocently. No real danger on losing them, they're cheaper to launch. Probably even self detonate. Of course they're becoming much more advanced but this is the technology. It can steer them, and allow huge flight times, crisscrossed etc.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/balloon-based-solar-power/
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/mar/09/weather-balloons-ufos-weatherwatch-sky
https://newatlas.com/drones/ntt-docomo-balloon-drone-ultrasound-propulsion/
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/china-sees-balloon-launched-drone-swarms-in-its-future
https://nofilmschool.com/2016/07/why-use-panasonic-balloncam-over-pure-drone
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230210-what-it-takes-to-build-a-balloon-for-100000ft
UAP is a more important phenomenon. Why do these objects go underwater off the coast of Sam Diego?
navy base there underground tunnels entrance through water?
This is probably all nonsense imo.
China can spy on our sensitive sites all they want with a satellite, with amazing resolution.
You don’t need a balloon to do this shit.
This is just a blatant lie, and more escalation of tensions.
"our" LOL :D
That Balloon was over the US not over your jewish criminal headquarters (i.e. so called israel).
Predictable hate larp. You seriously try to hard and glow because of it.
Satellites don't have nearly the same resolution. Balloons would be at least 10x better which could matter for precision guidance and object detection.
That depends on the satellite.
I imagine you can do better with a balloon, but it’s not a precision surveillance tool by any means.
Which is why the headline is inflammatory.