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Mr.Acula
May 10, 2009

Billions and billions of fat clouds

They should put a nuclear warhead in the next balloon

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Smugworth
Apr 18, 2003


Bring back ballun

Pennywise the Frown
May 10, 2010

Upset Trowel

heavy liquid posted:

LOL pro click

You can get the shirt he is wearing here.

https://twitter.com/BrentTerhune/status/1622028876628066305

:horse:

Fuckstick
Nov 30, 2000

Look at how they treat the balloon. Spike the ball whydontcha

GundamHealer
Jul 23, 2022

Fuckstick posted:

Look at how they treat the balloon. Spike the ball whydontcha


Woman who thinks she’s being cheated on: “So, big day at work?”

Husband: “Yeah, I’ve got to collect parts of a balloon from the coast today. Won’t be home till late.”

Wife: “Won’t be home till late because you’re collecting balloon parts?”

Husband: “Hey, it’s a really big balloon.”

Wife: “Uh huh.”

Binary Badger
Oct 11, 2005

Trolling Link for a decade


More pics of the balloon post mortem:

https://nypost.com/2023/02/07/first-images-of-the-chinese-spy-balloon-recovery-efforts/

Smugworth
Apr 18, 2003


Baloooooooooooooooooooooon

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer

Expecting goatse, disappointed.

Turrurrurrurrrrrrr
Dec 22, 2018

I hope this is "battle" enough for you, friend.

goatface posted:

Expecting goatse, disappointed.

Turn off your monitor.

url
Apr 23, 2007

internet gnuru
I've only just dried my eyes from Harambe, and now this!!!

When will the torment end?

E: harambaloun

url
Apr 23, 2007

internet gnuru
Thoughts and prayers to the 5000 year lantern tradition.
It doesn't seem to have travelled well, nor been received well.

url fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Feb 8, 2023

Fuckstick
Nov 30, 2000

Sophy Wackles
Dec 17, 2000

> access main security grid
access: PERMISSION DENIED.






That’s a tiny little retrieval boat. I thought the balloon was 200ft tall carrying rigging the length of 3 busses.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
All the interesting stuff sank.

SilvergunSuperman
Aug 7, 2010

Spy balloon is some civil war poo poo

Nyan Bread
Mar 17, 2006

Assault dirigibles have cemented their place in steampunk lore long ago.

NoiseAnnoys
May 17, 2010

rip the chinese meteorlogy ph.d. student who just had their thesis project used as cover and now has to start all over agin.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
They can do a real late swap to specialising in geopolitics.

NoiseAnnoys
May 17, 2010

goatface posted:

They can do a real late swap to specialising in geopolitics.

oh great, just what we need, another stemlord switching to ir. china, does your perfidy know no bounds?

You Are A Werewolf
Apr 26, 2010

Black Gold!

Smugworth posted:

Baloooooooooooooooooooooon

Motherfucking balloons!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANeZk1vn5qA

Man, do I miss China, IL.

BAGS FLY AT NOON
Apr 6, 2011

A Soft Nylon Bag
They should make the bablons the same color as the sky so you can’t see them

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon
What do you think is, "the sky"?!

Don't let the airists fool you.

Noblesse Obliged
Apr 7, 2012

So. Was it full of blue powder or pink powder?

Fuckstick
Nov 30, 2000

NOW THEY KILLED IT’S SON!

https://nypost.com/2023/02/10/us-shoots-down-another-high-altitude-object-over-alaska-pentagon/

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon
We're up to Son of Chinese Balloon now? Did we skip Wife of Chinese Balloon or something

Xenocides
Jan 14, 2008

This world looks very scary....


Colonel Cancer posted:

We're up to Son of Chinese Balloon now? Did we skip Wife of Chinese Balloon or something

Maybe she shows up later. Some kind of a Grendel’s Mother type revenge twist maybe?

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mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
Oh look, there's a photo of it shot from a U-2:



From this article, there's some background on the plane and its capabilities: https://dragonladytoday.com/2023/02/21/the-u-2-and-balloons-some-history-and-some-thoughts/

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