re: #38 ckkatz

From last thread -

Most likely yes. And quite possibly, beyond jamming, also ‘playing’ with the balloon to learn more about it and its capabilities.

ELINT - Electronic Intelligence
COMINT - Communications Intelligence
SIGINT - Signals Intelligence
Combat Sent - RC-135U Airplane is designed to collect technical intelligence on adversary radar emitter systems.
Rivet Joint - RC-135V/W Airplane USAF’s standard airborne SIGINT platform.

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So we didn’t do nothing and the military was on it the whole time?

Huh.