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How do you go about collect it from 65,000 feet?
by cdot2 4y ago
How do you go about collect it from 65,000 feet?
- downvotetruth 4y agoShould have been pierced to start deflating over the Pacific when it entered the U.S. air defense zone north of the Aleutian Islands on Jan. 28: https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-antony-blinken-china-b1b03193b7abeb7bbeca169bbc7c2c53 https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government.... See metal hook at the end of a rope from a helicopter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C6_pdSedow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C6_pdSedow
- cdot2 4y agoIt sounds like it wasnt detected until after it was already over the US and they shot it down over ~47ft deep water so it can be recovered pretty easily
- albntomat0 4y agoHelicopters can’t fly to 65000 ft, due to the low air density.
- cuteboy19 4y agoA ladder perhaps? Or ... another balloon!
- boredhedgehog 4y agoWith another balloon? You'd just want to cut off and grab the payload, right?
- xracy 4y agoNot gonna lie, I don't know. But I feel like it's probably more useful to gather information on it than to destroy it.