Bit confused by those. 1. How did they confirm that's a surveillance -- JohnHoo2 02/03/2023 4:56PM
I say it’s time to retaliate… -- Hoos Operator 02/03/2023 4:21PM
We should send a ballon over China -- 757 02/03/2023 3:39PM
LOL. POTD. ** -- HoodatB 02/03/2023 4:14PM
China prank. Send up a $200,000 balloon. Have the US and Canada -- Late 80s Hokie 02/03/2023 2:57PM
I saw this video of Nena from 2018. -- Seattle .Hoo 02/03/2023 3:14PM
6. -- LonghornHokie 02/03/2023 2:40PM
Doesn't seem like it's anything really new except to the general public. -- Seattle .Hoo 02/03/2023 2:12PM
The GOP house is on it. They took the masterful step of passing a -- TomGlansAski 02/03/2023 2:50PM
Cicilline submitted an amendment to their Pledge of Allegiance amendment -- Hoo TV 02/03/2023 3:01PM
Perfect response ** -- TomGlansAski 02/03/2023 7:11PM
I saw that. Sick burn on the D's who voted no! :D ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/03/2023 2:55PM
I remember being excited by dirigibles when they would just show up. They -- Hoo TV 02/03/2023 2:31PM
Just id’d oldest poster, if dirigibles showing up was exciting…… ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 02/03/2023 3:30PM
I was a kid, in the 50s, and seeing a dirigible was cool ** -- Hoo TV 02/03/2023 3:34PM
Gotcha; was kidding anyways, but that isn’t going back as far as I was -- Mad Bowl Hoo 02/03/2023 3:46PM
They were very rare sightings, but made a big impression on me as a kid ** -- Hoo TV 02/03/2023 3:51PM
Seems like travelling in one would be chic. Minus the hydrogen explosions. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/03/2023 4:02PM
They're bringing them back, at least the helium filled ones (link) -- Hoo TV 02/03/2023 4:11PM
Yeah I've been hearing this for a long time and it's a wonderful idea -- Seattle .Hoo 02/03/2023 4:33PM
I had a buddy in high school who's grandfather grew up in Scottsboro, AL. -- Seattle .Hoo 02/03/2023 2:40PM
WWRD -- JMHoo 02/03/2023 2:05PM
Would they tell him? The Iran Contra finally came down to - We didn’t -- Lazarus 02/03/2023 2:40PM
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ** -- WaxHoo 02/03/2023 2:30PM
Outlaw China forever and commence bombing in 5 minutes? ** -- Hoodafan 02/03/2023 2:08PM
InflateGate? ** -- TomGlansAski 02/03/2023 1:48PM
Buh how can this happen with all the gunz in AmeriKKKa?!?!? ** -- ResistHoo 02/03/2023 1:15PM
Seems like they could just shoot it enough to make it descend for a soft -- Hoo TV 02/03/2023 1:05PM
You’ll need a surface-to-air or air-to-air missile to hit it at altitude -- Hoodeac 02/03/2023 1:53PM
That’s some serious Elevation. ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 02/03/2023 2:10PM
Ryan Dunn-like. ** -- JMHoo 02/03/2023 2:22PM
Launch one of our own for a dogfight, or maybe have the -- Hoo TV 02/03/2023 2:10PM
No. Those are strictly to start forest fires in California. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/03/2023 2:13PM
Just thinking outside the box ** -- Hoo TV 02/03/2023 2:15PM
Agreed. Grapple or something towed behind that would collect it. What are -- hoobedda 02/03/2023 1:14PM
It’s at 60k feet -- Stimp 02/03/2023 1:21PM
Great! No worse than Sky Lab! :)) -- hoobedda 02/03/2023 1:23PM
Reportedly carrying an electronic surveilance payload the size of -- Hoo TV 02/03/2023 1:34PM
What are they using? Vacuum tubes? ** -- SixerHoo 02/03/2023 1:50PM
Damn. ** -- hooshouse 02/03/2023 1:49PM
Tell them boys in Bozeman it's got catalytic converters out -- hoobedda 02/03/2023 1:42PM
Shit. Ain't nobody but Californians that can afford to live in Bozeman. -- Shenhoo 02/03/2023 1:59PM
And Jyneese rainbow Fentanyl! ** -- TomGlansAski 02/03/2023 1:47PM
Evaluating sites for that ChiCom battery plant VA doesn’t need ** -- WaxHoo 02/03/2023 1:03PM
Are they testing our capabilities? They had to know we’d see it. ** -- hooshouse 02/03/2023 1:01PM
Most likely yes … my FIL/MIL are retired contractors who owned aerospace -- CharlestonSC 02/03/2023 1:10PM
They knew pretty quickly. F22s been buzzing it regularly.. ** -- hoobedda 02/03/2023 1:17PM
Thanks, Orange Asswipe. ** -- ResistHoo 02/03/2023 12:52PM
If #1-#4 was happening under Trump, libtards would go apeshit. -- ryno hoo 02/03/2023 12:51PM
No, no, no, and -- WaxHoo 02/03/2023 2:33PM
Nah. Trump would just have a press conference with Xi where they would fall -- Seattle .Hoo 02/03/2023 1:27PM
I can't imagine how balloon surveillance is superior to satellite -- HoosWillWin 02/03/2023 12:38PM
Agree. They have satellites up there, right? Just like we do. Perhaps -- Late 80s Hokie 02/03/2023 1:14PM
But is it really that much if a “look what we can do”? -- BocaHoo91 02/03/2023 1:24PM
Japan sent balloon bombs in WWII. So 80 years later - yeah, so what. ** -- HoosWillWin 02/03/2023 2:53PM
True. So instead of "Look what we can do." it's more like "Look what we're -- Late 80s Hokie 02/03/2023 2:51PM
Considering it's the size of two city busses (so I've heard) and the fact -- hoobedda 02/03/2023 1:53PM
I’m sure we’re interested in it’s capabilities… but -- BocaHoo91 02/03/2023 2:53PM
I agree. There is more to this story. They say it's happened before. I -- hoobedda 02/03/2023 3:02PM
Right. But again, how is this that much different from spy planes and -- Seattle .Hoo 02/03/2023 3:24PM
I agree. You make good points. Ever see Space Cowboys? -- hoobedda 02/03/2023 3:31PM
I never have. Probably should check it out. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/03/2023 3:47PM
So many questions about all of this, kind of in wait-and-see mode. ** -- Cav113 02/03/2023 12:47PM
Spying on the Yellowstone ranch ** -- HokieDan95 02/03/2023 12:36PM
That sexy cougar Sarah from Market Equities must be behind it. ** -- WahooRQ 02/03/2023 12:38PM
No worries, Beth is on it. Remember what she did to Summer. -- hoobedda 02/03/2023 1:11PM
That balloon is toast then ** -- 111Balz 02/03/2023 1:15PM