Military says high-altitude balloon detected over Western U.S. doesn't pose a threat
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The U.S. is tracking a small, high-altitude balloon that is drifting across the country but poses no threat to national security, the military said Friday.

Military tracking high-altitude balloon flying over Western U.S.::The U.S. is tracking a small, high-altitude balloon that is drifting across the country but poses no threat to national security, the military said Friday.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    9 months ago

    It seems to me that if we have the tech to detect high-altitude balloons in the first place, we also have the tech to determine when they came into our airspace. A balloon launch from US soil will be easily distinguishable from one that came across the ocean or across the border.

    • kingthrillgoreEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      They didn’t say anything about where it came from, just that it showed up