Ameriški F22 je v soboto nad Atlantikom vendarle sestrelil nesrečni kitajski “vohunski” ali “meteorološki” balon, ki ga je veter zanesel nad ameriško ozemlje. Zdi se, da so vsi v medijih zadovoljni s to razrešitvijo te bizarne situacije, ki jo je z življenjem plačal nesrečni balon. Toda pravo vprašanje je, čemu je bila namenjena ta bizarna situacija. Čemu bi Kitajci “poslali” balon nad ZDA z namenom vohunjenja, če pa to lahko bistveno bolj učinkovito in neopaženo že dolgo počnejo s svojimi sateliti? In čemu so ameriški politiki informacijo o balonu nad Montano, za katerega so vedeli od torka, lansirali šele v petek? Komu je koristila ta situacija oziroma kaj so želeli s tem demonstrirati bodisi Američani bodisi Kitajci? Dobro razmišljanje spodaj.
I took a bit of time to dissect the “spy balloon” story – both how it is portrayed in the US and China’s response.As you’ll see, the more you think about it, the more stunned you get at the sheer absurdity of the whole thing.
A small 🧵
First, the US story.China sent a “spy balloon” over highly strategic US sites. It chose to spy on these sites with a big visible balloon (reported as being “as big as multiple school buses”), that anyone can see with the naked eye from the ground, to “demonstrate it had the…
…capability”, despite having a plethora of other more discreet ways to spy like satellites or stealth drones.Unclear that anyone doubted China had mastered the technology of *check notes* hot air balloons and why it therefore needed to demonstrate this capability…
China chose to do so on the eve of Secretary of States Blinken’s visit to China, where he was invited, and hours after signaling Blinken would also be meeting with Xi during his visit 🔽, a high-level meeting not granted to any US Secretary of States in years.




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