Retired Military Officer Concerned over “Balloons”

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Sharon Rondeau
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by James M. Hoover, ©2023

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/analysis-how-spy-balloons-work-and-what-information-they-can-gather

(Feb. 12, 2023) — The balloon game has just started, and quite the game it will be. 

1.       The article below is most concerning.  I have others that show photos of China’s technology with three missiles attached to a balloon which could possibly be used to nullify United States civilian cities and military bases.

https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fwashington-secrets%2Fballoons-called-top-delivery-platform-for-nuclear-emp-attack

2.      The payloads could be nuclear, conventional, germ (Covid, e-coli, mustard gas, etc.), fire- igniting (i.e., napalm) or chemical.

3.      Numbers could be let loose in our atmosphere or exosphere that could overwhelm our defenses by aircraft or even drones.  Is laser technology such as Israel’s Iron Dome or their more advanced Scorpius electronic warfare available to us? 

4.      Solutions to the above are above my pay grade, but Joint Services, to include the new U.S. Space Force, should be focusing on this threat to our nation with full strength before it gets out of hand.

James M. Hoover, CACM
Captain, USAF (Retired)