Chinese balloon in the sky over the United States caused the cancellation of the visit of Secretary of State Blinken to China

The appearance of a spy (as they say in the US) Chinese balloon in the sky over the US state of Montana has practically led to an internal political scandal. While incumbent President Joe Biden refused to order it to be destroyed, ostensibly for fear of falling debris, his predecessor, Donald Trump, said that if he were the head of the country, the balloon would be destroyed immediately.

There is another version, not very pleasant for the Pentagon, that the US military simply does not have weapons capable of shooting down flying objects of this type at high altitude.

Later, information appeared in American social networks that the “enemy” balloon seemed to have been eliminated, but it is not yet clear whether this was a self-destruction mechanism or whether the presidential administration nevertheless decided to destroy the balloon. There are no official comments from the US authorities on this topic yet. As well as information that some fragments of the balloon, if it really exploded, fell to the ground.

But after the Chinese authorities officially confirmed that the balloon belonged to the PRC, saying that it was a civilian probe that had gone astray, the scandal with the violation of US airspace by a potential adversary, allegedly by a military intelligence facility, has already affected the foreign policy relations of Washington and Beijing.

On Friday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced that he was canceling his visit to China, during which he was supposed to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, scheduled for Sunday. The head of American diplomacy linked this decision directly to the incident with the PRC balloon. At the same time, Blinken refused to announce new dates, making it clear that it would be premature to talk about this before the resolution of the current incident.

This is how a Chinese balloon in the sky over the United States disrupted the visit of Secretary of State Blinken to China, during which it was supposed to somehow soften the tense relations between the two openly opposing superpowers. Some political scientists have already called such a decision by the White House absurd, especially given that the United States and China are closer than ever to a direct military clash over differences over Taiwan.

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[svp67]

Chinese balloon in the sky over the United States caused the cancellation of the visit of Secretary of State Blinken to China

What in China "very, very much" they "cried" about, so much so that they "broke a couple of Chinese button accordions"

[Flashpoint]

Quote: svp67

Chinese balloon in the sky over the United States caused the cancellation of the visit of Secretary of State Blinken to China

What did they "cry" about in China, so much so that "broke a couple of Chinese button accordions"

A couple billions Chinese accordions!

[Shurik70]

Joe Biden refused to give the command to destroy him

As in that joke where the cat is asked:
- What are you yelling at?
- stepped on his own tail
- Why don't you come down?
- I'm lazy.

[YOUR]

Quote: Shurik70

Joe Biden refused to give the command to destroy him

Lying like a gray gelding. There were 2 (two) balloons or, as the Chinese say, a balloon, one was shot down over Montana, here are the shots

https://ok.ru/video/4368794913408

Americans are shocked. The second about which so much talk is now drifting somewhere over Illinois.
So all this lies that they don’t shoot down because they are afraid that fragments of rockets and the balloon itself will fall and ... other blah blah blah. Moreover, he flies over a deserted territory. Apparently, a great height cannot be reached either by a rocket or by an airplane to jump.

[tralflot1832]

Now the Chinese need to call the American ambassador to the Foreign Ministry and hand him the photo of what the probe photographed. And add, this is the only copy of the information, the carrier was destroyed in the presence of understandable ones. We swear by the Chinese mother. and continue.

[U_GOREC]

And if our satellite "accidentally" falls on the territory of the United States, will they stop deliveries to Ukraine?

[ivan1979nkl]

Chinese balloon in the sky

I would never have thought that Uncle Sam had such a tender soul - she could be hurt by a simple Chinese balloon hovering far in the stratosphere

[Luka Nord]

The funny thing is that the United States cannot shoot him down, the air defense will not get it, and aviation is also powerless, there is some kind of special material
I also remembered during World War II, the Japanese tried to bomb the United States by launching explosive balls, where the wind constantly blows towards the Amers ..
Oh yes, the Chinese, they made a rustle ..
Or maybe it's our Kulibins, they launched a warning to the "partners"?

[Zhopir Tumanov]

Let the Chinese send these balloons to Ukraine

[alexey_444]

Interesting things, although the flows of the layers of the atmosphere have long been studied, a balloon is not an airplane, so it’s not so easy to bring it to the United States, stuffing it with spy equipment, all the more, it’s like a confession, the Chinese are not fools. Shooting down is not so easy, or rather not so cheap, it was the USSR that spent rockets and hundreds of shells to shoot down one American spy ball, regardless of the costs. But with Blinkin, a cool combination turned out if China did it on purpose, in China, like Ivan, before standing on the eel, there were many doubters (boyars) ready to continue paying bribes (Mongols, Americans). Chinese Ivan in this case played a lead, so that there would be no temptation. Everyone saw at the meeting in front of their trembling voices of our representatives of power.

[Or me]

On Friday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced that he was canceling his visit to China, during which he was supposed to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, scheduled for Sunday. The head of American diplomacy linked this decision directly to the incident with the PRC balloon.

More balls, big and small... Any!

[Viktor Sergeev]

Offended, like women, well, a balloon has arrived, so what?

[rotmistr60]

Anthony Blinken announces he is canceling his visit to China

I think China has not lost much from the cancellation of the visit and the "happiness" to see Blinkin. But the prestige of the United States suffered a political blow. The Chinese laugh, the Americans are sad.

[Kok_Ivanov]

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[Andy_nsk]

This is how a Chinese balloon in the sky over the United States disrupted the visit of Secretary of State Blinken to China,

That's good, you never know what they would have agreed to, the Chinese are very difficult negotiators (I entered into negotiations with them, I can confirm: if it seems to you that you have made a very profitable deal with the Chinese, carefully re-read the terms of the contract and find where you made a mistake ). They could, for example, agree to be friends against Russia - although I hardly believe in this. If Russia is crushed now, then China will be next, so the Chinese need to harness themselves for Rus'!

[Bingo]

In one fell swoop, two birds with one stone - and the United States showed where their place is, and got rid of the idiot's visit. And then again listening to incoherent nonsense is so tiring ...

[YanniKounnar]

Par définition pour espionner il faut être capable de survoler un endroit potentiellement intéressant,
A très haute altitude les vents peuvent être très violents.
Je ne vois pas comment un ballon même muni d'un système de propulsion (dans ce cas la il devient un dirigeable et non plus un ballon) pourrait se diriger, au mieux il pourrait légèrement influencer sa dérive...
Alors à moins d'en envoyer des centaines les chances de survoler LE point stratégique que vous voulez espionner me semble très faibles.

By definition, to spy, you need to be able to fly over a potentially interesting place,
at very high altitudes, the wind can be very strong.
I don't understand how a balloon, even one equipped with a propulsion system (in this case it becomes an airship, not a balloon), could steer, at best it could slightly affect its drift ...
So, unless you send out hundreds of them, the chances of flying over the strategic point you want to spy on seem very low to me.

[yho]

Tracking equipment with a wide field of view, mounted on a probe flying at an altitude of 50 km, will be able to monitor a fairly large area.

[tralflot1832]

I will sell Trump a business idea, balloons with a photo of Trump.

[And Us Rat]

Quote from Luka Nord

Air defense will not get

Vitalik, do not meddle in topics in which you are an amateur. A country that has anti-satellite missiles has something to shoot down weather balloons.

[Monster_Fat]

The cool thing is that the examination of even a downed balloon will not give anything: in any case, the inscription will be found: "Made in China" ...

[Ezekiel 25-17]

A good mine in a bad game: the positions of the sides are too different; agree on nothing

[Incvizitor]

Russia is constantly creating new carriers for nuclear weapons that fly fast, maneuver, create a bunch of decoys, and you need to constantly tie bombs to balloons ...

[taiga2018]

This is good news for Russia, because it is not beneficial for us to improve Sino-American relations, although both these countries are interested in this.

[HAM]

Someone in China just cheerfully celebrated the onset of the Year of the Black Rabbit ...... and did not calculate the size of the festive lantern ... scared the Americans to hiccups ....

[lopvlad]

Chinese balloon in the sky over the USA

so this is what the American Matthias Rust looks like. More recently, there were cries of "experts" that they say Russia has leaky air defense since a supersonic drone was able to fly to strategic aviation airfields, where it was shot down by airfield air defense.
And then a whole balloon crossed the entire airspace of Canada without hindrance and flew in US airspace to US strategic airfields.
Not only that, but the American air defense, after receiving the order to destroy the balloon, cannot bring it down for almost a day.

[_KGB-USSR_]

Quote: lopvlad

Russia has leaky air defense once a hypersonic drone was able to fly to strategic aviation airfields, where it was shot down by airfield air defense.

What is a hypersonic drone? ))

[AVA77]

Batyok worked for me on a tub (fuel truck). he carried kerosene to corn growers.
I was a goldfinch, I flew with them. These are terrible people. They didn't fly sober. I mean, if there was a Makar and balloons, they would fire at him.

[_KGB-USSR_]

"These" have a different mentality)) there is purely pragmatics or politics ...

[_KGB-USSR_]

In general, the question is interesting ... I immediately became interested, but at what height did he fly? No one indicated this ... "The issue of the border between air and outer space has not been settled by agreement." If, as they say, "lost" and according to one of the versions burst, the height there was wow ...

[scary]

The number 37 km was called. My message, although short, carries quite useful information. This is for moderation.

[Servisinzhener]

At such a height, conventional air defense systems cannot be reached. But where are all their THAADs and SM-3s?

[scary]

For Russia, this topic is archivally beneficial. Because in the light of almost reckless deliveries of weapons, Ukraine would need to pay attention to the security of the Western countries themselves. Let at least not in reality, but to raise public opinion there in this way. The Chinese helped. Kassad wrote this morning that there were attempts to shoot down, but were unsuccessful https://t.me/boris_rozhin/77185 .

[hohohol]

The most powerful army in the world could not cope with one balloon, and if there are ten of them, what will have to give up? And where were the defenders of America, Spiderman, Batman and other supermen at that time?

[DMFalke]

And if 10 such balloons are launched from Ukraine, what should we do?

[_KGB-USSR_]

Blow on them with a fan in the direction of the states))

[Fizik13]

Chinese balloon in the sky over the United States caused the cancellation of the visit of Secretary of State Blinken to China

Wow, how touchy, a man over 60, but behaves like a 16 year old girl!