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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by SonicScrub on Sunday February 05, 2023 @12:30AM (#34662239)
20ft payload. Making this a very large system as far as high altitude balloons are concerned. The balloon is about the size of a football field
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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by barbariangrunge on Sunday February 05, 2023 @08:46PM (#34672189)
So that is how many desktop computers worth of processing power? Or how many cars worth of sensor equipment? What did they need so much space/weight carrying capacity for?
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