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Military tracking high-altitude balloon flying over Western U.S.
- _whiteCaps_ 3y agoThese balloons are launched all of the time by radio amateurs: https://amateur.sondehub.org/#!mt=Voyager&mz=5&qm=12h&mc=42.81152,-114.87305 https://amateur.sondehub.org/#!mt=Voyager&mz=5&qm=12h&mc=42....
- jprd 3y agoOK, which HN'er did this?
- exabrial 3y agoMan, these balloons remind me of the modified SM-3 that shot down a satellite... you know... because safety.
- martinky24 3y agoIn… 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?
- lupire 3y agoThis 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 3y agoHow 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