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Do we know why they are shot down? How do we know there is no dangerous material in them (e.g. radioactive)?
by tarsinge 4y ago
Do we know why they are shot down? How do we know there is no dangerous material in them (e.g. radioactive)?
- connordoner 4y agoGood question. I’d be interested to know too.
- lazide 4y agoIt’s over some of the most remote land anywhere in the world, and it would be coming down somewhere anyway. Even if it was full of plutonium, there probably is no better place for it to come down.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> It’s over some of the most remote land anywhere in the world, Lake Huron is neither particularly remote (from, say, civilization) nor is it land.
- lazide 4y agoHah, wrong thread! The other one was!
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- thaurelia 4y agoThey're following the balloons with U-2 (among other things, I assume) for some time before shooting down.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> Do we know why they are shot down? Because they are potential hazards and threats. > How do we know there is no dangerous material in them (e.g. radioactive)? Any material falling from a high altitude is dangerous, which figures into decisions about where and when to shoot them down. But if someone is floating hazardous payloads without permission and notice over your airspace, you probably don’t want to give them the choice of whether and when they come down....