Military tracking high-altitude balloon flying over Western U.S. (cbsnews.com) 25 points by bison3 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] exabrial 2y ago ↗ Man, these balloons remind me of the modified SM-3 that shot down a satellite... you know... because safety. [–] martinky24 2y ago ↗ 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?
[–] martinky24 2y ago ↗ 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?
[–] _whiteCaps_ 2y ago ↗ These balloons are launched all of the time by radio amateurs: https://amateur.sondehub.org/#!mt=Voyager&mz=5&qm=12h&mc=42....
[–] lupire 2y ago ↗ 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.
[–] tonetegeatinst 2y ago ↗ 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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Hot air balloon + the Milwaukee leaf blower is USAF new budget request