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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by remarkEon on Saturday February 04, 2023 @10:22PM (#34661463)
Did they actually apologize? I thought all they said is that it was a weather balloon. Regardless, I'm very interested in what hardware was actually on this thing. Hopefully the public gets a summary of what USN pulls up during recovery.
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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by ttul on Saturday February 04, 2023 @11:15PM (#34661779)
“… the uncharacteristic speed and contrition of China’s statement as indications that it was probably a genuine error…”

https://www.economist.com/china/2023/02/03/how-a-balloon-bur...

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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by khuey on Saturday February 04, 2023 @11:39PM (#34661933)
They put out a statement a few hours ago whining that it was shot down so I wouldn't take that "apology" for much.
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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by Choco31415 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @01:13AM (#34662445)
Can you share a link to the statement?
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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by T-A on Sunday February 05, 2023 @01:38AM (#34662556)
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_662805/202302/t2023020...
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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by barbariangrunge on Sunday February 05, 2023 @12:48AM (#34662318)
The "how we use data" popup, on the article about surveillance, was awkward
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