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60,000 feet is about 11 miles. You could get closer to a lot of interesting sites by driving around in an RV full of listening equipment + launch small (difficu
by UncleOxidant 4y ago
60,000 feet is about 11 miles. You could get closer to a lot of interesting sites by driving around in an RV full of listening equipment + launch small (difficult to detect) drones to get even closer.
- philistine 4y agoCan you do your plan without any human on foreign soil? We're dealing with a repressive communist regime who fears its own citizens. If there's a technological solution that doesn't involve a human element.
- UncleOxidant 4y agoIf it was the other way around - US trying to drive an RV around China to gather intel - it would be problematic because they'd notice it and shut it down. But sending someone(s) over here to drive an RV around seems pretty easy to pull off.
- philistine 4y agoI wasn’t clear enough. Communist China is scared of its own spies. Doesn’t trust them. If they can replace them with convoluted Rude Goldberg esque flying balloons, they will.
- xp84 4y agoThis is an interesting take. I never considered the fear of defection that an actor like China might have.