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Re:Chinese surveillance balloon spotted over U.S., Pentagon ... by boomboomsubban on Friday February 03, 2023 @05:32AM (#34639490)
According to Wikipedia, between 2000 and 5000 weather balloons are released daily. China's likely releasing hundreds of those. And there are reports of even regular helium balloons sometimes traveling thousands of miles.

It wouldn't be magical for one to accidentally end up basically anywhere.

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Re:Chinese surveillance balloon spotted over U.S., Pentagon ... by t0bia_s on Friday February 03, 2023 @08:10AM (#34640561)
Isn't that one particular balloon for spying?
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Re:Chinese surveillance balloon spotted over U.S., Pentagon ... by boomboomsubban on Friday February 03, 2023 @09:26AM (#34641380)
You responded to a post saying

>Why do people suspect it's a spy balloon? No reasons are given in the article. Even if it did come from China, it could be nothing more than a mere scientific weather balloon. This smells like propaganda.

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Re:Chinese surveillance balloon spotted over U.S., Pentagon ... by t0bia_s on Friday February 03, 2023 @09:46AM (#34641635)
/s
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Re:Chinese surveillance balloon spotted over U.S., Pentagon ... by yodon on Friday February 03, 2023 @10:31AM (#34642344)
You might want to read up on Poe's law
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