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Chinese balloon part of vast aerial surveillance program, U.S. says
- Kukumber 4y agoCompared to US's military use of Starlink (very well documented, for years) [1] it's nothing When caught red handed in Ukraine, i remember when Elon Musk had to then try to hide/cover [2] it by claiming they had asked for funding from the US gov but then had to cover the funding with their own pocket, i bet it was pretty eye opener for many people, including China [3] A way for the US to spy using a commercial product as cover, that reminds me of Google [4] I find it funny that the US is now worried about balloons, what a turn of events [1] - https://www.c4isrnet.com/intel-geoint/2021/12/23/the-us-military-wants-to-plug-commercial-satellites-into-its-orbital-networks/ https://www.c4isrnet.com/intel-geoint/2021/12/23/the-us-mili... [1] - https://spacenews.com/spacex-sees-u-s-army-as-possible-customer-for-starlink-and-starship/ https://spacenews.com/spacex-sees-u-s-army-as-possible-custo... [1] - https://spacenews.com/spacex-sees-u-s-army-as-possible-customer-for-starlink-and-starship/ https://spacenews.com/spacex-sees-u-s-army-as-possible-custo... [1] - https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2022/12/28/how-starlink-s-satellite-constellations-are-changing-war_6009472_19.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2022/12/28/how-sta... [2] - https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1581345747777179651 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1581345747777179651 [3] - https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/37874/20220526/china-s-hypersonic-missiles-eyes-destroying-elon-musks-spacex-satellites.htm https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/37874/20220526/china-s... [4] - https://qz.com/1145669/googles-true-origin-partly-lies-in-cia-and-nsa-research-grants-for-mass-surveillance https://qz.com/1145669/googles-true-origin-partly-lies-in-ci...