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Tjam3s t1_j8xugq7 wrote

What would that balloon have learned that wasn't already on Google earth and publicly available GPS data?

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gerkletoss t1_j8xyygt wrote

A good anount of RF traffic

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TjW0569 t1_j8z9x2h wrote

Still, if you were a Chinese intelligence officer that was aware that the U.S. military had been shadowing your receiver during its overflight, how much would you trust the information you were allowed to acquire?

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gerkletoss t1_j8zc3t1 wrote

Not a ton, but apparently these have gone unnoticed before.

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TjW0569 t1_j8zcifj wrote

Or at any rate that's what we'd like them to think.

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thulesgold t1_j8zffoa wrote

You know... the balloon could have two way radio. It could have sent data out as well... even to simple things like cell phone towers.

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Tjam3s t1_j905qle wrote

Very true. I suppose we'll probably never know the full truth of it

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OudeStok t1_j95gusl wrote

nothing - but it costs the US a lot of money to shoot it down!

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