Post ASYpPTGHMec1kq1v9s by neil@mastodon.nz
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 (DIR) Post #ASYpPTGHMec1kq1v9s by neil@mastodon.nz
       2023-02-10T21:37:00Z
       
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       Something looks very familiar about this large #balloon being tested by a #Chinese company in #NZ in 2015.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG-Cw1zECBU———“A Chinese company is testing the possibility of maintaining a helium balloon in a stable height more than 20 kilometers above ground, while remotely controlling its movements, according to experts at the test site in New Zealand's South Island on Saturday. The helium balloon, named "Traveler", has a diameter of 30 meters and various equipment attached … “
       
 (DIR) Post #ASYpPTyEjDm3xAb1fs by BobLefridge@mastodon.nz
       2023-02-10T22:28:46Z
       
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       @neil Eerily familiar."Compared to the satellites, it can provide clearer, more efficient observation of both ground and air, and is also more economical..." Why are we allowing Chinese spy balloons to launch from NZ at the same time as the US is shooting them down?
       
 (DIR) Post #ASYpPUSitsA1TirNC4 by vik@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2023-02-11T05:57:32Z
       
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       @BobLefridgePossibly because they're comms balloons not spy balloons, much like the very similar ones Google was launching from New Zealand in 2013...@neil