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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by flangola7 on Saturday February 04, 2023 @05:27PM (#34659085)
Unless it flew over a secret research base I don't know what a balloon could gather that I can't already get from google maps or public USGIS datasets.
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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by kQq9oHeAz6wLLS on Saturday February 04, 2023 @07:00PM (#34659901)
Signals intelligence
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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by flangola7 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @10:12AM (#34665497)
Like what? The radio waves traveling over the US are not a secret.
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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by kQq9oHeAz6wLLS on Sunday February 05, 2023 @07:53PM (#34671781)
Think metadata, if you will. Where signals originated, how often and what times of day, etc.
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