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Ms NTL

13-02-2023 19:27

No balloons over the UK

Are we so crap that nobody wants to spy on us?

Chris

13-02-2023 19:32

Re: No balloons over the UK

In all seriousness … given the movement of the polar jet stream anyone launching a balloon at us from Russia or China would have to send it via North America, and they’re suddenly very good at shooting them down.

Paul	13-02-2023 19:52

Re: No balloons over the UK

Balloons ?
Aside from the first one, the others were probably aliens ;)

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Also, enough of the political jibes, its not necessary in every topic (post removed).

Ms NTL

13-02-2023 20:39

Re: No balloons over the UK

That's even worse, even the aliens have no interest in us!

Taf	13-02-2023 21:05

Re: No balloons over the UK

Weather balloons and other survey balloons have been routinely tracked in UK airspace for decades just in case they become a hazard for aircraft.

Every week over 10,000 weather balloons are launched by meteorological organizations around the world.

Some can have payloads the weight of a few cars.

Paul	14-02-2023 16:06

Re: No balloons over the UK

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36145897)

Also, enough of the political jibes, its not necessary in every topic (post removed).

I'm only going to repeat this once, the next one will attract a rest for the poster.

techguyone

15-02-2023 10:25

Re: No balloons over the UK

They don't need balloons there's a fair amount of CCTV infrastructure that's Chinese based.

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