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02-16-2023, 2:53pm | #21 | ||||||
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I would "think" that the FAA etc would need to be aware or approve such traffic. Remember the lawn chair balloon guy? Hell, you can't fly a drone without a special license or within certain parameters. There should be ZERO mystery about what is in our airspace and if it is a mystery, it should be eliminated.
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Ballon: 'The ability to appear effortlessly suspended while performing a jump, often in dance.'
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Your remark reminds me of a joke.
Teacher: Can anyone in class name all three branches of government? Little Johnny waving his hand furiously. Teacher: Okay, Little Johnny, can you name all three branches of government? Little Johnny: Corporations, lobbyists, and pedophiles. Teacher: Now, Johnny, that's not right. Little Johnny: You're telling me! |
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A much more likely explanation is that these are Pico Balloons - small balloons about the size of a party balloon that ham radio operators use to test RF signal propagation and other such things. The reason the military is suddenly seeing so many of them is because they re-tuned their RADAR to look for smaller objects after the Chinese spy balloons sailed over the country undetected. And then of course they totally over-reacted. |
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This right here is why we can't have nice things. |
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I didn't say the distraction was Biden's idea, more likely the "handlers"... Still waiting to hear from the liberals how much Biden has increased America's stature on the global stage - by using expensive fighters and munitions to shoot down hobbyist balloons. Honestly, China leadership must be laughing their azzes off. |
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Anybody here working on their ballon technique? I was never very graceful and never did ballet, so I'm out. Anybody? The OP, perhaps?
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Great insight on the balloons.
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