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		UncleOxidant on Feb 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The US Air Force may have shot down an amateur rad... If 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 on Feb 17, 2023 [–]

I 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 on Feb 21, 2023 | [–]

This is an interesting take. I never considered the fear of defection that an actor like China might have.

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