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.

  • Kirca@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    10 months ago

    I forgot about Chinese balloons lol, did anything ever come about after that one was shot down by the Americans?

    • Caaaaarrrrlll@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      The kid that leaked material about the war in Ukraine over Discord last year also leaked info about the balloon.

      It’s on the Internet… Here’s a documentary that mentions it: https://youtu.be/AkgkBEuEHwU look around 3 minutes in

    • bdonvrAEnglish
      642·
      10 months ago

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

        • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          10 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.

      • soviettaters@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        10 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.