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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by SpicyP on Sunday February 05, 2023 @01:51AM (#34662611)
Why did they need to test it over the United States though? If the purpose was prototyping you’d think they could have done that locally
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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by prox on Sunday February 05, 2023 @04:16AM (#34663264)
Who is to say they already have? And they felt it was time to put the thing to use.
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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by psychphysic on Sunday February 05, 2023 @11:19AM (#34666079)
Testing acceptability?

Probably also why such a dramatic response from the US.

Before satillites flew over enemies no one was too sure if they'd be attacked immediately (they weren't).

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