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Re:Military tracking high-altitude balloon flying over Weste... by _whiteCaps_ on Friday February 23, 2024 @07:01PM (#39487747)
These balloons are launched all of the time by radio amateurs: https://amateur.sondehub.org/#!mt=Voyager&mz=5&qm=12h&mc=42....
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Re:Military tracking high-altitude balloon flying over Weste... by exabrial on Friday February 23, 2024 @05:57PM (#39487220)
Man, these balloons remind me of the modified SM-3 that shot down a satellite... you know... because safety.
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Re:Military tracking high-altitude balloon flying over Weste... by martinky24 on Friday February 23, 2024 @09:55PM (#39488724)
In… what way? Are you suggesting the balloon is the SM-3? Or that we should fire SM-3’s at these balloons?

Or just that these are two military events, so they’re similar?

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Re:Military tracking high-altitude balloon flying over Weste... by jprd on Friday February 23, 2024 @05:04PM (#39486704)
OK, which HN'er did this?
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Re:Military tracking high-altitude balloon flying over Weste... by lupire on Saturday February 24, 2024 @09:50AM (#39491841)
This is a weird URL because it is "news" but applies equally well to very old events, so it seems ambiguous as a resource locator.
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Re:Military tracking high-altitude balloon flying over Weste... by tonetegeatinst on Sunday February 25, 2024 @11:29AM (#39502125)
How high do hot air balloons go? And I'm wondering what dropoff a air rifle has.

Hot air balloon + the Milwaukee leaf blower is USAF new budget request

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