What is this car sized object which America has shot down?
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_Russ_
Never not Knowingly Misunderstood
Surprised no discussion here of this in relation to recent events Gigantic Hangar Near Secretive Chinese Test Facilities Points To Exotic Airship Development
Nobody found them until just now, though
hegley
never odd or even
moody
Member of The Underground.
exactly this.
Supine
Newt Member
An expert on the radio was saying they can look more sideways. So into hanger doors etc rather than directly from above. No idea if this is bull though.
gosub
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Think you are looking at this backwards, been a recent upgrade to US radar
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
One reason i read was that they can stay over an area longer while a satalite will move past the area a lot quicker due to speed it orbits at.
Indeliblelink
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Three year old article but seems relevant
www.theguardian.com
Interesting about how they can stay in one place.
Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US
Exclusive: the high-altitude balloons promise a cheap monitoring platform that could follow multiple cars and boats for extended periods
Interesting about how they can stay in one place.
Linked from article above [ALTA]
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HoratioCuthbert
Deep seated inconsequence
No war but class war!
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
But until now they haven't been conspicuous. I can't find the article now, but it said it was partly cost, partly they can see stuff satelittes can't (not reliant on orbits as they can hover), and also they are smaller and slower and (until now) much less detectable.
Aladdin
Well-Known Member
That makes a bit more sense.
Although they'd need to drop from 40000 feet. And not be seen.
Supine
Newt Member
Not sure Marx got around to class analysing borg collective worker drones from another galaxy. I’m voting worker/slave class.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Not sure I do! This could potentially escalate, at the very least China/West relations are going to take a nose dive.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Doesn't mean it wasn't them, or maybe it could be Russia/North Korea etc.?
Reading between the lines I do think there's a war coming with China in the next decade tbh, likely starting over Taiwan.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
Nah, the most recent one (Montana?) was shot down by an F-16 firing an AIM-9M - the M was in production in the late 80's. It was superseded by the X, which is expensive, but is bought in huge numbers. Something over 100,000 sidewinders have been produced...
Interesting that the USAF aren't insisting that they use F-22's to shoot everything down - they don't have many, and they're expensive to fly. If an F-16 can do the job with a 20 yo missile, at a fifth of the flying hour cost, then they've obviously decided not to waste their resources.
Bingoman
Well-Known Member
Were doomed lol
It’s easy to take responsibility for a single balloon that you can claim was to measure the weather and got off-course.
That excuse wears a bit thin when you have to use it for four spy drones in short succession.
Bingoman
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has anyone claimed responsibility yet
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