U.S. FAA closes some airspace in Montana for Defense Department activities

Re:U.S. FAA closes some airspace in Montana for Defense Depa... by Aperocky on Saturday February 11, 2023 @11:57PM (#34759954)

Could have been there's always been plenty of aerial objects floating around, but it is now politically expedient to do something about it.

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Re:U.S. FAA closes some airspace in Montana for Defense Depa... by nonethewiser on Sunday February 12, 2023 @03:20AM (#34760994)

Do you actually think that's the case?

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Re:U.S. FAA closes some airspace in Montana for Defense Depa... by krisoft on Sunday February 12, 2023 @07:01AM (#34762194)

I actually do. It is dirt cheap to do (on the scale of national budgets) and can provide extra intel.

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Re:U.S. FAA closes some airspace in Montana for Defense Depa... by ttyprintk on Sunday February 12, 2023 @07:41AM (#34762383)

Fox has latched onto the tethered surveillance balloons along the US-Mexico border as a symbol of Federal attention on the trickle of people.

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Re:U.S. FAA closes some airspace in Montana for Defense Depa... by Aperocky on Sunday February 12, 2023 @09:24AM (#34762995)

There are no such thing as high altitude tethered balloon, but I'm not surprised that Fox ran with it.

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Re:U.S. FAA closes some airspace in Montana for Defense Depa... by tekknik on Monday February 13, 2023 @10:53AM (#34775082)

They in fact said aerostatic and low altitude but it’s good to see you getting your facts before complaining about misinformation.

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