WTH is going on? Montana airspace was closed down. Anyone have a beat on the big picture here?
WTH is going on? Montana airspace was closed down. Anyone have a beat on the big picture here?
Likely Kabuki theater. —Brandon got “caught” with his pants down with re: to massive ( very slow) Chinese spy balloon incursion. It was over our air space 4-5 days before it was exposed in/by the press, and anything was “done” about it. First of all, the Space Force/NRO/NSA know precisely where virtually anything bigger than a golf ball is at all times. This thing is bigger than a football field. Ergo, the balloon was “allowed” to enter air space ( my guess is by the administration, but I can’t prove that), before spotted by civilians and subsequently, the media. The administration looked bad (perception is reality in politics), so it has since very publicly engaged and “shot down” several other balloons to quell fear that they are not “alert, and at the ready”. — Montana, itself, has many old ICBM’s , nuclear weapons, and communication posts. Colorado, it’s next door neighbor, is polluted with Space force bases like Peterson, Cheyenne mountain, Buckley , etc. —Attempts at spying happen every day, are expected. There are regular daily briefings and periodic ( multiple times/day) Sit/Reps at each base, with subsequent communication to DC ( to whoever is actually in charge).WTH is going on? Montana airspace was closed down. Anyone have a beat on the big picture here?
One is reported to be octagon in shape. Sounds like a large quadcopter or an octocopter with eight prop blades. Fuel and range would be issues unless they developed some solar system.Scratching my head over the two latest shoot-downs as reports indicating the objects are not similar to the 200’ high balloon plinked over the Atlantic last week… I’ll speculate that balloons are being launched from subs and the latest ones are carrying / releasing some type of high altitude UAV as opposed to a fixed SIGINT payload seen last week
And one over Montana disappeared somehow and then was shot down over Lake Huron.The incident over Alaska is puzzling. It was cylinder shaped and had unknown propulsion system. It was apparently moving a pretty good pace. Some pilots say it was jamming sensor systems. I’d recommend the USAF stock up on air to air missiles. Looks like we’re gonna need them.