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Re:Chinese surveillance balloon spotted over U.S., Pentagon ... by case0x00 on Friday February 03, 2023 @03:35AM (#34638749)
https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/...

"And, I'm sorry, how long have we been tracking it. I'm not going to go into all the details because I don't want to reveal sensitive information. But I will say we have been tracking it for some time. And we have had custody of it the entire time it has been over U.S. airspace, entered the continental United States airspace a couple of days ago."

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Re:Chinese surveillance balloon spotted over U.S., Pentagon ... by raspberry1337 on Friday February 03, 2023 @07:33AM (#34640243)
Ah yes, what source could be more trustworthy than SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL: ? Thank you!
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Re:Chinese surveillance balloon spotted over U.S., Pentagon ... by seper8 on Friday February 03, 2023 @07:52AM (#34640400)
No no, lets trust ANONYMOUS_!HACKERNEWS_USER_001 instead
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Re:Chinese surveillance balloon spotted over U.S., Pentagon ... by raspberry1337 on Friday February 03, 2023 @08:01AM (#34640475)
You don't seem to understand basic logic - saying that one source is flawed is not implying that the alternative is true.
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Re:Chinese surveillance balloon spotted over U.S., Pentagon ... by ag315 on Friday February 03, 2023 @09:11AM (#34641226)
I can believe that they've been tracking it for awhile, but it is unlikely that they can easily shoot it down. We probably literally don't have the technical capacity to do so reliably at this time.
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Re:Chinese surveillance balloon spotted over U.S., Pentagon ... by xeromal on Sunday February 05, 2023 @12:16AM (#34662165)
It has been shot down.
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