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Re:The US Air Force may have shot down an amateur radio pico... by philistine on Thursday February 16, 2023 @02:17PM (#34824208)
Can you do your plan without any human on foreign soil? We're dealing with a repressive communist regime who fears its own citizens. If there's a technological solution that doesn't involve a human element.
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Re:The US Air Force may have shot down an amateur radio pico... by UncleOxidant on Thursday February 16, 2023 @03:00PM (#34824980)
If it was the other way around - US trying to drive an RV around China to gather intel - it would be problematic. But sending someone(s) over here to drive an RV around seems pretty easy to pull off.
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Re:The US Air Force may have shot down an amateur radio pico... by philistine on Friday February 17, 2023 @01:27PM (#34838400)
I wasn’t clear enough. Communist China is scared of its own spies. Doesn’t trust them. If they can replace them with convoluted Rude Goldberg esque flying balloons, they will.
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Re:The US Air Force may have shot down an amateur radio pico... by xp84 on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @01:43PM (#34885002)
This is an interesting take. I never considered the fear of defection that an actor like China might have.
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