General Tsao's Cold War

[romad1]

[romad1]

[romad1]

I think if the Archduke could sing as well, we never would have had the Great War. 

[clark1mt]

15 hours ago, romad1 said:

I think if the Archduke could sing as well, we never would have had the Great War. 

Eurovision is the stand-in for war over there now. Except for the war-war going on.

[romad1]

31 minutes ago, clark1mt said:

Eurovision is the stand-in for war over there now. Except for the war-war going on.

True.

Anyway...this roughly corresponds to my take on the matter

We will recover a lot of useful information from this.  Primarily, we know that China are flailing away to gather intel on the US and didn't think this would be the result.  Or, they don't understand public responses and behavior in their own society and mirror imaged the same onto the United States.

[romad1]

 

[CMRivdogs]

Imagine the outcry if we had shot down the balloon and took out several head of cattle or worse

[romad1]

3 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

Imagine the outcry if we had shot down the balloon and took out several head of cattle or worse

 

[Motown Bombers]

One of my first thoughts was what if China put some biological agent on the balloon with the hopes the US would shoot it down causing the biological agent to hit the mainland? 

[romad1]

2 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

One of my first thoughts was what if China put some biological agent on the balloon with the hopes the US would shoot it down causing the biological agent to hit the mainland? 

That seems beyond risky for them and a bit too mustache-twirly evil even for the CCP. 

[romad1]

Cool

 

[romad1]

Ugh

 

[CMRivdogs]

BTW, was reading about the description of the Chinese balloons. A lot of antenna rays looking for signals, powered by solar panels. I immediately thought of the stories about FCC vans driving thru neighborhoods back in the day looking for pirate radio stations, or 12 year old boys (mostly) who had their own radio setup (enhanced from a store bought kit).

The fact that once the balloon was spotted and we tracked them using our own spy  planes probably gave us more knowledge than shooting it down in the middle of Nowhere, MT

[romad1]

33 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

BTW, was reading about the description of the Chinese balloons. A lot of antenna rays looking for signals, powered by solar panels. I immediately thought of the stories about FCC vans driving thru neighborhoods back in the day looking for pirate radio stations, or 12 year old boys (mostly) who had their own radio setup (enhanced from a store bought kit).

The fact that once the balloon was spotted and we tracked them using our own spy  planes probably gave us more knowledge than shooting it down in the middle of Nowhere, MT

I understand there is a photo from the cockpit of a U2 with the balloon in the background that some U2 pilot became a legend for taking. 

[CMRivdogs]

11 minutes ago, romad1 said:

I understand there is a photo from the cockpit of a U2 with the balloon in the background that some U2 pilot became a legend for taking. 

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/u-2-spy-planes-snooped-on-chinese-surveillance-balloon

[1984Echoes]

9 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/u-2-spy-planes-snooped-on-chinese-surveillance-balloon

Brilliant.

[Jim Cowan]

I would have just taken over the balloon's communication capabilities and played some Kool and the Gang back up to the satellite that was controlling it.

[romad1]

2 hours ago, Jim Cowan said:

I would have just taken over the balloon's communication capabilities and played some Kool and the Gang back up to the satellite that was controlling it.

Not, Nena's "99 Luftballoons?"

[Jim Cowan]

18 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Not, Nena's "99 Luftballoons?"

Or the 5th Dimension, "Up Up and Away"

[romad1]

24 minutes ago, Jim Cowan said:

Or the 5th Dimension, "Up Up and Away"

China would capitulate within 48 hours. 

[Tigeraholic1]

 

 

[Motor City Sonics]

So if I order General Tsao chicken for dinner this weekend, is it gonna be like Larry & Jeff eating Palestinian Chicken?   

[1984Echoes]

That's what I want for dinner! Shrimp & Eggplant in Garlic sauce, an order of fried pork dumplings and... hmmm... an egg roll or a shrimp roll...?

Hmmm....

[romad1]

Lets hope Ford Motor Company can find a non-Chinese partner for the battery plant in Michigan.  Literally its Nazi gold.

[gehringer_2]

24 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Lets hope Ford Motor Company can find a non-Chinese partner for the battery plant in Michigan.  Literally its Nazi gold.

One must be aware of not cutting off one's nose to spite one's face. To be on the receiving end of advanced Chinese tech where we control the grounds as compared to years of being coerced into putting our tech on the ground in  China where they controlled it isn't the part of US/Chinese relations I'm going to lose the most sleep over.