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And it just so happens that most meteorological payloads tend to be cylindrical/small boxes. So it is possible that trigger-happy NORAD is shooting down a lot
by janoc 4y ago
And it just so happens that most meteorological payloads tend to be cylindrical/small boxes.
So it is possible that trigger-happy NORAD is shooting down a lot of perfectly harmless stuff now.
- ianburrell 4y agoMost weather balloons are small. The balloon is 3ft across at the ground. The payload is phone-sized or computer-sized. The payload wouldn't be visible to fighter. There are large scientific balloons. I couldn't find any standards of large balloons using transponders. They have communications and tracking so location is known. I wonder if NORAD is in contact with all the organizations about their balloons. I suspect there will be move to put ADS-B on larger balloons.