US says Chinese spy balloon downed in February did not collect information. Yet, Biden was referring to it as a spy balloon just this month. (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Jesus Christ you people are just lusting for war.

[-] EeeDawg101@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

I don’t want a war with China, that would be awful. I’m just trying to be realistic about it. Seems silly to go through the trouble to make a surveillance craft like that and it not even have the capability to beam back any data.

[-] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Data was obviously transmitted. Weather data, going by recent cyber attacks, there are a plethora of ways where it's easier to get data.

[-] EeeDawg101@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

I’m just gonna be open minded about it and not jump to conclusions. I could see the US gov making it into a big deal for reasons and I could see it being a balloon to take pics of bases, etc on the ground. Both seem like logical outcomes. I mean it could be a weather balloon but I sorta doubt it based on what I know about weather balloons (I’m an amateur weather nerd). But I could be wrong! I’ll admit that. Gotta keep an open mind.