The U.S. military is using surveillance balloons like this one to spy on the Midwest. Digital Trends
The Guardian: Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US
Exclusive: the high-altitude balloons promise a cheap monitoring platform that could follow multiple cars and boats for extended periods.
The US military is conducting wide-area surveillance tests across six midwest states using experimental high-altitude balloons, documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reveal.
Up to 25 unmanned solar-powered balloons are being launched from rural South Dakota and drifting 250 miles through an area spanning portions of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Missouri, before concluding in central Illinois.
Travelling in the stratosphere at altitudes of up to 65,000ft, the balloons are intended to “provide a persistent surveillance system to locate and deter narcotic trafficking and homeland security threats”, according to a filing made on behalf of the Sierra Nevada Corporation, an aerospace and defence company.
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Update #1: Oh great, the U.S. military launched giant balloons to spy on the Midwest (Mashable)
Update #2: The U.S. military is using solar-powered balloons to spy on parts of the Midwest (Digital Trends)
WNU Editor: These platforms will be able to see everything. An incredibly valuable tool to have in a warzone.
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You people are retarded
The Yuan broke beyond 7 to the dollar.
I know this is the WSJ but it is a good article.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/beijing-risks-economic-self-harm-by-weaponizing-the-yuan-11564983069
Here is a ZH article on the same phenomenon:
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-05/scale-1-10-its-11-wall-street-reacts-chinas-retaliation
Look forward to a huge investor capital flight from China because of this and related issues.
China is playing the long game. Trump needs to win in 2020 to make sure we don't give up the game ourselves with some new left administration.
"Pentagon Is Testing Mass Surveillance Balloons Across The U.S."
Can you see liberals demanding to have none of these at the border?
Haven’t seen the statistics from the Politeness epidemic? The war on maple syrup must continue.
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