Balloons operate well above the operational ceiling of loitering munition. You need a parachute to deploy with each drone.
China balloon & Airship Development
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Can't let them glide unpowered until their operational altitude?
Not sure it would glide in a controlled manner from that altitude.
Here is a video that demonstrates high altitude release of model aircraft pretty well.
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US military pilots sent up to examine the object gave conflicting accounts of what they saw, which is part of the reason the Pentagon has been cautious in describing what the object actually is. Some pilots said the object “interfered with their sensors” on the planes, but not all pilots reported experiencing that.
Some pilots also claimed to have seen no identifiable propulsion on the object, and could not explain how it was staying in the air, despite the object cruising at an altitude of 40,000 feet.
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didn't someone find out that it was US' own weather balloon because they had one in the area which drifted away and now if you go to the site which was tracking it, its mysteriously not connecting anymore (because it was shot down)?
weather balloon fits with the description of small and silver colored, and unlike heftier Chinese balloons, they don't have maneuver capabilities
weather balloon fits with the description of small and silver colored, and unlike heftier Chinese balloons, they don't have maneuver capabilities
escobar
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U.S. official confirms the ‘object’ shot down over northern Alaska Friday was able to penetrate U.S. airspace before being picked up on radar.
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Hope CN TJS-1,4&9 SIGINT sats are listening and collecting. Maybe this is why they sent all those balloon and objects near CONUS, Hawaï, Guam.
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