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He says he never knew of shy balloon that came into our airspace from the Chinese, but Milley came in after him. Still Mattie’s did have a grudge and Milley for sure is a woke general. Why is Waltz doing this? Is he on the side of the the RINOS and democrats ? Wouldn’t surprise me.
originally posted by: Xcalibur254
a reply to: RazorV66
Once again, if Mattis didn't know about the balloons how could he brief officials? It's sounding like the reason the balloons weren't discovered at the time is because Trump was lax with defending against Chinese espionage. Once Biden got into office he ordered the military and IC to increase our defenses and as a result this balloon and the others were discovered.
So yes, there is no evidence Mattis knew anything about the previous balloons.
originally posted by: Xcalibur254
a reply to: RazorV66
I don't get why you guys are having so much trouble with this. Trump admin didn't prioritize defending against Chinese surveillance. As a result three balloons penetrated our borders unnoticed. The Biden admin decided to place a greater prioritization on defending against Chinese surveillance. As a result they discovered a balloon entering our airspace. Based on what they learned from this balloon they were able to go back and see that it had happened three times before.
originally posted by: Xcalibur254
a reply to: RazorV66
Balloons are made of radar transparent material. If NORAD didn't know what they were looking for, the balloons would at best show up as a tiny artifact on radar that would be easily dismissed.
originally posted by: Xcalibur254
a reply to: RazorV66
I don't get why you guys are having so much trouble with this. Trump admin didn't prioritize defending against Chinese surveillance. As a result three balloons penetrated our borders unnoticed. The Biden admin decided to place a greater prioritization on defending against Chinese surveillance. As a result they discovered a balloon entering our airspace. Based on what they learned from this balloon they were able to go back and see that it had happened three times before.
originally posted by: Xcalibur254
a reply to: panoz77
Do you know how radar works?
Did you also happen to notice that the balloon had a array of panels below it the size of "3 city buses"? Is that invisible to radar too?
originally posted by: Xcalibur254
a reply to: RazorV66
Please explain how NORAD is going to track an object that doesn't have a transponder and isn't made of a material that will reflect radio waves