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| Chinese High-Altitude Balloons Also Used Over Indian Military Bases |
| 2023-02-13 |
| [Covert Shores] The Chinese balloon flying over the United States is getting headlines. The Chinese government has admitted it is their's but claim that it is civilian in nature and that the overflight is accidental. Another has been observed flying over Latin America with reports from Costa Rico and Colombia. There is very strong circumstantial evidence that these are military related 'spy balloons' and that there is a pattern of operation going back at least a year. A virtually identical balloon has previously been observed high over an important naval base in India. And another, in June 2000, over Japan. In February 2022 there was another possibly related incident, when USAF F-22 Raptors were scrambled to intercept a balloon off Hawaii. However images of the balloon do not appear online to confirm the Chinese design. In January 2022 one of the balloons was photographed overflying Port Blair. This is a strategically located Indian Navy base in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean. At the time the object was shared on social media but its Chinese origin appears to have been speculation at best (at least in the public sphere). Local media, Andaman Sheekha, reported on it on January 6 2022, posing the questions: "Now question is which agency has placed the object in the sky and why? If this object is not released by any agencies in Andaman then was it sent for spying? But in this age of ultra advanced satellites, who will use a flying object to spy? " - now we know it was Chinese. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 /\ Could be a combination. Joysticking known points and low-level altitudes via Full Motion Video, and flying it to target locations. Again, in the absence of sat or GPS guidance. Man-in-the-loop could be an anti-jamming or dynamic re-tasking assist. Vectoring successive sorties via observable burning cities, not a new technique. I am not an aviator. Just a wild guess, emphasis on wild. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-02-13 16:48 |
| #6 An elevation map would be easier, more accurate and predictable to create with laser radar on a satellite. |
| Posted by: Thruter Gloluger6393 2023-02-13 15:13 |
| #5 /\ Terrain mapping navigation for cruise missiles, should the GPS suddenly go out. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-02-13 15:03 |
| #4 What if the CCP started using the Balloons as a BIO Disbursal vehicle? Because a airline ticket is a lot cheaper? |
| Posted by: Thruter Gloluger6393 2023-02-13 13:28 |
| #3 What if this is just another Staged Political, Media/Public Deflection event? To focus attention away from the BIDEN-CCP connection to classified documents? Even if #3 is correct, Biden's handlers might seize the opportunity to make it look like he's getting tough on China, then add some UFOs into the mix that the CCP doesn't even know about to make it look like he's really, really tough. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-02-13 13:01 |
| #2 I'll go with the 3rd. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2023-02-13 12:02 |
| #1 Just for Stinky stuff and Giggles. A few What if's: What if the CCP started using the Balloons as a BIO Disbursal vehicle? A Political S.I.G, Radicals, or just pranksters, started launching Internet purchased lab balloons ? What if this is just another Staged Political, Media/Public Deflection event? To focus attention away from the BIDEN-CCP connection to classified documents? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-02-13 06:46 |