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On 2/15/23 18:53, Hisler wrote:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/it-was-no-mistake-chinese-balloons-hinting-to-an-attack/ar-AA17uUvS
Story by Gordon G. Chang • Yesterday 8:47 PM
519 Comments
Make no mistake: China’s incursions into our airspace look like a
prelude to an attack.
The Chinese balloon we shot down on Feb. 4 lingered over Malmstrom Air
Force Base, the site of approximately a third of America’s land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles. The balloon then flew near both
F. E. Warren and Minot Air Force bases, which house the remainder of America’s Minutemen III wings. The balloon also passed close to
Whiteman Air Force Base, home to the nuclear-capable B-2 bomber fleet,
and Offutt Air Force Base, the headquarters of Strategic Command,
which controls US nuclear weapons.
This path suggests China is gathering intelligence for either a first
or second strike on America’s nukes.
Whatever China is planning, the violation of American territorial
airspace was blatant and reveals the dangerous mentality of Chinese leadership.
There are several alternative explanations for why Beijing engaged in
such a brazen act at this moment. It’s possible that the Chinese
military has become so politically powerful inside the ruling
Communist Party that it could launch this balloon without consulting
other regime elements. Perhaps Chinese ruler Xi Jinping had decided
this was the time to intimidate the United States into not defending,
say, Taiwan or Japan.
The balloon passed close to Whiteman Air Force Base and Offutt Air
Force Base.
Xi can see that Vladimir Putin’s nuke threats have been effective in getting President Biden to hold back on supplying military equipment
for beleaguered Ukraine.
The balloon intrusion shows Xi’s utter disrespect for the US and
suggests he is not deterred by America.
The bold intrusion can be a Beijing head fake or the prelude to
conflict. President Biden’s failure to talk about the matter suggests
his administration still does not know what is going on.
Until the administration can figure this out, the American people
should assume that the worst is coming.
Gordon G. Chang is the author of “The Coming Collapse of China.”
Follow him on Twitter @GordonGChang.
If it is the weather they are interested in, then keep those weather
balloons over China to study Chinese weather.
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/15/23 18:53, Hisler wrote:<br>
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2@dont-email.me"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/it-was-no-mistake-chinese-balloons-hinting-to-an-attack/ar-AA17uUvS">https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/it-
was-no-mistake-chinese-balloons-hinting-to-an-attack/ar-AA17uUvS</a>
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Story by Gordon G. Chang • Yesterday 8:47 PM
<br>
519 Comments
<br>
<br>
Make no mistake: China’s incursions into our airspace look like a
prelude to an attack.
<br>
<br>
The Chinese balloon we shot down on Feb. 4 lingered over Malmstrom
Air Force Base, the site of approximately a third of America’s
land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles. The balloon then
flew near both F. E. Warren and Minot Air Force bases, which house
the remainder of America’s Minutemen III wings. The balloon also
passed close to Whiteman Air Force Base, home to the
nuclear-capable B-2 bomber fleet, and Offutt Air Force Base, the
headquarters of Strategic Command, which controls US nuclear
weapons.
<br>
<br>
This path suggests China is gathering intelligence for either a
first or second strike on America’s nukes.
<br>
<br>
Whatever China is planning, the violation of American territorial
airspace was blatant and reveals the dangerous mentality of
Chinese leadership.
<br>
<br>
There are several alternative explanations for why Beijing engaged
in such a brazen act at this moment. It’s possible that the
Chinese military has become so politically powerful inside the
ruling Communist Party that it could launch this balloon without
consulting other regime elements. Perhaps Chinese ruler Xi Jinping
had decided this was the time to intimidate the United States into
not defending, say, Taiwan or Japan.
<br>
<br>
The balloon passed close to Whiteman Air Force Base and Offutt Air
Force Base.
<br>
<br>
Xi can see that Vladimir Putin’s nuke threats have been effective
in getting President Biden to hold back on supplying military
equipment for beleaguered Ukraine.
<br>
<br>
The balloon intrusion shows Xi’s utter disrespect for the US and
suggests he is not deterred by America.
<br>
<br>
The bold intrusion can be a Beijing head fake or the prelude to
conflict. President Biden’s failure to talk about the matter
suggests his administration still does not know what is going on.
<br>
<br>
Until the administration can figure this out, the American people
should assume that the worst is coming.
<br>
<br>
Gordon G. Chang is the author of “The Coming Collapse of China.”
Follow him on Twitter @GordonGChang.
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<p>If it is the weather they are interested in, then keep those
weather balloons over China to study Chinese weather.<br>
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