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Tango0117 Aug 2019 12:40 p.m. PST

…The US

"Exclusive: the high-altitude balloons promise a cheap monitoring platform that could follow multiple cars and boats for extended periods.

The US military is conducting wide-area surveillance tests across six midwest states using experimental high-altitude balloons, documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reveal…"

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Lion in the Stars17 Aug 2019 1:34 p.m. PST

Wonder how long before Homeland Security/CBP gets a few of those?

And didn't I read a Dale Brown story featuring those back in the 1990s? *google* Yeah, that was 'Hammerheads'

Soaring Soren17 Aug 2019 1:38 p.m. PST

My big brother told me about this!

Stryderg17 Aug 2019 5:58 p.m. PST

Weren't we using something like this in that kerfuffle around the 1860's.

Rudysnelson18 Aug 2019 7:05 a.m. PST

No big deal training is training and testing is the same. Back in the 1960s through 1980s. In my area, The Alabama air national guard attacked dams and roads with gun camera runs. We got used to it.

Tango0118 Aug 2019 3:57 p.m. PST

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