Excerpts from a long thread about this "new" phenomenon.
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Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 6:18 am
by Suliso
I'd like to know what exactly one could learn about US from a baloon or a drone 10+ miles up what one can't from a top class military satellite.
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 6:19 am
by Suliso
And if there is indeed something valuable then is US flying such things over China and Russia?
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 4:11 pm
by ponchi101
Suliso wrote: ↑Mon Feb 13, 2023 6:18 am
I'd like to know what exactly one could learn about US from a baloon or a drone 10+ miles up what one can't from a top class military satellite.
Malcolm Nance explained it.
It seems that the Chinese do not have the tech to have really good spy satellites. They don't have the optics, they don't have the electronics.
So lowering the platform to only 11 miles is one way of doing it.
He also said that this thing would get the resolution you can roughly get from Google Earth. But, of course, you can fly it where you want it to (until they shoot it down).
Coupled with the Ukranian invasion, my totally unqualified opinion would be that both the Russian and the Chinese army's/military complexes are way over estimated. Terrible to think that the war in Ukraine has now gone for a year, with Russia doing only a few inroads. And that is without actual NATO forces coming in. Maybe China is as overrated.
Suliso wrote: ↑Mon Feb 13, 2023 6:18 am
I'd like to know what exactly one could learn about US from a baloon or a drone 10+ miles up what one can't from a top class military satellite.
Malcolm Nance explained it.
It seems that the Chinese do not have the tech to have really good spy satellites. They don't have the optics, they don't have the electronics.
So lowering the platform to only 11 miles is one way of doing it.
He also said that this thing would get the resolution you can roughly get from Google Earth. But, of course, you can fly it where you want it to (until they shoot it down).
Coupled with the Ukranian invasion, my totally unqualified opinion would be that both the Russian and the Chinese army's/military complexes are way over estimated. Terrible to think that the war in Ukraine has now gone for a year, with Russia doing only a few inroads. And that is without actual NATO forces coming in. Maybe China is as overrated.
Definitely something to think about.
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 8:31 pm
by ti-amie
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 8:53 pm
by ti-amie
More on East Palestine, Ohio
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 9:03 pm
by ti-amie
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 9:05 pm
by ti-amie
The GQP is blaming POTUS and Sec of Transportation Buttigieg for the derailment and not the company that runs the railroad.
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 10:53 pm
by Deuce
Trains - and their cargo - can be very dangerous...
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 11:34 pm
by ti-amie
Wow. This is the first I've heard of this tragedy. I can't thank you but wow.
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 11:50 pm
by Deuce
ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon Feb 13, 2023 11:34 pm
Wow. This is the first I've heard of this tragedy. I can't thank you but wow.
Yes - almost 10 years ago.
All of the video footage and photos of the explosions and fires are actual footage and photos from that disaster.
Something like that transforms a town forever.
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2023 12:34 am
by JazzNU
Pittsburgh being used as a reference point for this East Palestine derailment is just lazy at a certain point. Youngstown is plenty well known enough to be referenced more often so people can be informed about where this is located. Pittsburgh makes it seem like this is occurring somewhere that it is not. Youngstown is affected by this and has been since it occurred. Pittsburgh is not.
I'm seeing a lot of radical environmental types and those with a climate change agenda talking about this, so I'll hold off for a bit on believing the worst. Seems highly speculative what they are talking about right now. Several are actually telling on themselves with what they are saying about Pittsburgh.
Re: National, Regional and Local News
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2023 2:39 am
by ti-amie
JazzNU wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 12:34 am
Pittsburgh being used as a reference point for this East Palestine derailment is just lazy at a certain point. Youngstown is plenty well known enough to be referenced more often so people can be informed about where this is located. Pittsburgh makes it seem like this is occurring somewhere that it is not. Youngstown is affected by this and has been since it occurred. Pittsburgh is not.
I'm seeing a lot of radical environmental types and those with a climate change agenda talking about this, so I'll hold off for a bit on believing the worst. Seems highly speculative what they are talking about right now. Several are actually telling on themselves with what they are saying about Pittsburgh.
Thank you for clarifying the situation geographically. I saw a map earlier today that showed East Palestine on the map and how the major river systems that feed into the Mississippi as well as the Mississippi itself will be affected by the run off.
I try not to post TikTok videos here but I thought that the man's explanation about what was happening was the clearest I've seen.