As far as PF can tell, Blackwing Drago is still in Okinawa. Arrived on the 20th. No movement seen since.
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae01d8&lat=27.128&lon=133.794&zoom=4.9&showTrace=2024-02-20
>wut dat?
The RC-135S Cobra Ball is a rapidly deployable aircraft which flies Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed missions of national priority to collect optical and electronic data on ballistic targets
The RC-135S, equipped with a sophisticated array of optical and electronic sensors, recording media, and communications equipment, is a national asset uniquely suited to provide America's leaders and defense community with vital information that cannot be obtained by any other source.
One wing and two engines in that wing are painted black to assist the cameras and sensors collecting data.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125118100@N04/47158476651/
https://theaviationist.com/2017/07/04/wanna-know-if-a-new-north-korean-missile-test-is-about-to-take-place-look-for-this-u-s-aircraft-online/
>what is "ice cream" a code word for in politics?
not so much a code word but rather a pantomime
I Scream
Two voices will call out in a silence that all will hear.
The belly of the dragon will drip water.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/belly-of-the-dragon-utah
24 hour volume in the neighborhood of 45 billion USD. About 30 billion more than 24 hours ago.