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Chinese spy balloon was 200 feet tall with payload over 2,000 lbs.: NORAD
« on: February 06, 2023, 10:02:25 pm »
 Chinese spy balloon was 200 feet tall with payload over 2,000 lbs.: NORAD
By Caitlin Doornbos and
Emily Crane   
February 6, 2023 3:11pm

The Chinese spy balloon that traversed US airspace before being shot down over the weekend was roughly 200 feet tall, weighed thousands of pounds — and may have carried explosives meant for self-destruction, a top US general revealed Monday.

The since-obliterated spy craft’s payload was approximately the size of a regional jet airliner, Air Force General Glen VanHerck, head of US North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and Northern Command (NORCOM), said as he disclosed fresh details about the surveillance device.

“The balloon assessment was up to 200 feet tall for the actual balloon,” he told reporters during a press briefing.

“Of the payload itself, I would categorize that as a jet-airliner type of size, maybe a regional jet such as a ERJ [Embraer Regional Jet] or something like that. [It] probably weighed in excess of a couple thousand pounds.”

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Re: Chinese spy balloon was 200 feet tall with payload over 2,000 lbs.: NORAD
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2023, 10:45:07 pm »
What weather balloon has a two thousand pound payload?
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Re: Chinese spy balloon was 200 feet tall with payload over 2,000 lbs.: NORAD
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2023, 10:50:50 pm »
Chinese spy balloon was 200 feet tall with payload over 2,000 lbs   And carried five families from Guatemala and 147 Hattians.
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