On: U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese survei...

[mrtksn]

Well, these were reported by civilians over landlocked states and there's no indication that the balloons were spotted earlier.

[tristanj → mrtksn]

>there's no indication that the balloons were spotted earlier

No, the balloon was tracked when it entered Alaska on Jan 28 https://abc7news.com/where-the-chinese-surveillance-balloon-...

[mrtksn → tristanj]

Thanks!

[rationalist → mrtksn]

The military is unlikely to report their surveillance activities to the media.

There was no overt indication that the balloons were spotted earlier.

[sandworm101 → rationalist]

Except the statements from Canada that are very suggestive.

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/20...

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/20...