China's spy balloon: What we've learned [video][5 mins](youtube.com)
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China's spy balloon: What we've learned [video][5 mins]
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> politicians overreacted
Did they?
What I haven’t heard an answer to yet is.. why didn’t China say anything?
Seems like common courtesy if you’re accidentally flying a balloon with enough power and equipment to do pretty sophisticated spying over a country.. is to like, pick up a phone and call the authorities in that country and give them a heads up. No? Even if it wasn’t so full of equipment it’d be reasonable to expect a notification if you’re unexpectedly flying over another country.
That was my thought when hearing about it the first time. I never thought it likely that it was actually spying, but it was still shitty behaviour from China.
Did they?
What I haven’t heard an answer to yet is.. why didn’t China say anything?
Seems like common courtesy if you’re accidentally flying a balloon with enough power and equipment to do pretty sophisticated spying over a country.. is to like, pick up a phone and call the authorities in that country and give them a heads up. No? Even if it wasn’t so full of equipment it’d be reasonable to expect a notification if you’re unexpectedly flying over another country.
That was my thought when hearing about it the first time. I never thought it likely that it was actually spying, but it was still shitty behaviour from China.
Thank you for putting the time in the title.
- ballon didn’t spy. Sensors were not activated over USA
- likely unexpected wind blew it off its course
- politicians overreacted “but by then the [diplomacy] damage was done”