On 2/3/23 22:03, Walt In Seattle wrote:
> On Friday, February 3, 2023 at 12:06:39 AM UTC-8, Walt In Seattle wrote:
>> Apparently, this is not the first time we've seen this occur..We do't know for certain why China launched this spy balloon. But we do know that China is probably preparing for the possibility of conflict with the U.S. over Taiwan. The value of any gathered intelligence may be less important or not not mportant at all to China while the implied message it possibly sends could be its main purpose.That message might be that we should not expect a conflict over Taiwan would not necessarily be limited to areas in or near Taiwan if China moves to invade Taiwan and the U.S. responds to defend Taiwan. Of course, there may be another purpose or purposes. Yet, I think it likely that sending such message is at least a part of what China is doing.
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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/chinese-spy-balloon-surveilling-us-senior-official/story?id=96860718
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> As of Friday afternoon, there are reports of a second balloon, that one flying over South America. What that means and WHY China is sending a spy balloon there, I don't know But I have an uneasy feeling about all of this. If we can somehow capture the one over America, we should. To the extent we can, we need to know China's true intentions.
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https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/china-spy-balloon/?id=96874279
I agree.