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Throck

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1. Past a point won't the balloons just blow away?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Aug 2, 2019, 08:51 AM

Aug 2019

The balloons are limited by the wind and jet stream. What happens if the balloon is blowing east and the car heads west? The military certainly has a strange way of wasting money.

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Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US [View all] Eugene Aug 2019 OP

Past a point won't the balloons just blow away? Throck Aug 2019 #1

Now think 30 balloons at once covering ten states James48 Aug 2019 #4

And past another point, won't our future monarchy start surveilling citizens, critical journalists? DemocracyMouse Aug 2019 #2

Can you imagine what the facists would be saying Everyman Jackal Aug 2019 #5

DOD is involved in civilian monitoring? GeorgeGist Aug 2019 #3