We should build them with destruct buttons that allow remote detonation in case of Chinese or terrorist high jacking.
Any military guys know how long it would have taken China to learn everything they wanted to about the drone?
If it’s a short time, then he’s right. What’s the point of giving it back?
Trump’s Twitter habit is beginning to make me nervous.
Now that’s a tweet. With characters left over.
I think trump is saying that we are being weak so instead of looking weak just tell them to keep it.
Trump has already earned one of my kidneys, if needed, for what he’s accomplished to date.
What will this be like in four more years? The guy just has so much fun with everything.
Actually, that sounds like a good idea. Tell the Chinese that we were running an obsolete model for its final submersion before it is replaced with upgraded or even new models and don’t really have any further use for it. It is a given that every part and relationship in the drone and all the software will be in Chinese military databanks before it is returned. We really don’t need it now. We do need to change the characteristics of our sea drones, I suspect.
So. I’m not a navy person, but I’m guessing that whoever was in charge of the drone that got heisted by the chi coms didn’t do his career any good.
Trolling the Chicoms, or playing them like fish.
Just send them a bill.
We should tell China that they should call us if they want to safely disarm that remote nuclear detonation device.
Best interregnum ever!
Still haven’t learned from history.
Remember Francis Gary Powers?
Remember the USS Pueblo?
Remember Korean Air Lines Flight 902?
Remember the Hainan Island incident and the Navy EP-3E aircraft held by China?
The least the military could do is to put heavy duty explosive destruct devices in drones or any other military or research vehicle or device that might fall into the hands of an enemy or antagonist.
It’s far, far scarier to permit them to keep it.
Don’t even ASK them about it.
Just savour the SILENCE —China will absolutely understand.
I think Trump is trying to keep the story in the news.
He wants use this stupid act against the Chinese later on.
then push the self destruct button
This is fun. It gets more interesting every day. I love it. And, I love being able to say, “Merry Christmas” again. Then I want to see Christmas in the schools and not winter holiday celebrations.
I agree. Trump is doing a troll sequence on the Chinese. First Trump escalates the publicity of the “steal of the drone”. Then he keeps it further publicized by an unexpected 2nd tweet “keep it”.
The Chinese Defense Ministry is bothered from the publicity, stating it’s ‘an “inappropriate” exaggeration of the dispute’.
Well, Trump is escalating the attention whether people understand it or not. It is the same tactic he was able to use to get the media hyped up over issues, tweet out something unusual.
Besides, the “keep it” twist may indirectly take away the leverage the Chinese want in negotiating holding a “bargaining chip” (the drone).
This is a classic psychological game.
Too bad Trump isn’t president right now, instead of the squishy tootsie roll we currently have for a president. Because this is what Trump could do: Send a large portion of our Navy fleet off the China coast in international waters. Tell the Chinese we’re looking for our lost drone, and will stay until we find it. And tell the sailors it’s okay to piss in the water towards the Chinese looking at our ships.