Taiwan’s defence ministry said it had detected six more Chinese balloons flying over the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, one of which crossed the island, the latest in a spate of such balloons the ministry says it has seen over the past month-and-a-half.

The ministry earlier this month, in a strongly worded statement, accused China of threatening aviation safety and waging psychological warfare on the island’s people with the balloons, days before Taiwan’s Jan. 13 elections.

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    5 months ago

    Absolutely nothing. They really pumped up that new red scare propaganda though.

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        5 months ago

        One of them might have actually been a weather balloon. Not from China though. They adjusted their radars to catch balloons better after the first one and suddenly noticed a whole lot of them, some Chinese and some local.

        None alien though, sorry UFO enthusiasts, I know you guys got your hopes up there.

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      5 months ago

      Agreed. They should’ve just shot it down and been done with it. It wasn’t any more of a threat to us than their satellites are.