RuneScape Forum Archive | Chinese spy balloon

Mar

2014

ELITE STACK

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Chinese spy balloon spotted in Montana and according to reports its heading southeast. China is slowly but surely stealing ur personal information be careful!

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04-Feb-2023 03:22:13

Mar

2014

ELITE STACK

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Where do you think it will go if not taken out? I need my blue charms back.

04-Feb-2023 03:22:31

Aug

2013

Jeremy Cheng

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It needs to be directed towards the ocean via some sort of attachment.

04-Feb-2023 03:24:30

Kiwi Magic

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They will wait till it is over the ocean and then shoot it down.

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04-Feb-2023 04:16:39

Jun

2019

emotions

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It'll break down suddenly just when it's about to depart. Mission failure.

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04-Feb-2023 04:27:13 - Last edited on 04-Feb-2023 04:44:47 by emotions

Jan

2015

Tenebri

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this is such an outdated way of doing it. and its clear they wanted to be seen.

people are up in arms over nothing. if you think this is stealing your data more so than whats already been obtained through other means, then oh dear
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04-Feb-2023 07:46:49

Jan

2015

Tenebri

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Kiwi Magic said :
They will wait till it is over the ocean and then shoot it down.

if they shoot it down that can be an act of war iirc so best not shoot it down, then it leaves open a case for retaliation with force
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04-Feb-2023 07:48:19

Dec

2011

Archaeox

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1. It's probably a weather balloon.

2. Shooting it down is less easy than people seem to think: these things are designed for high endurance. The last time something like this happened, fighter aircraft shot 1000 rounds into one, and it still didn't come down -

https://news.yahoo.com/weather-balloon-went-rogue-almost-161314996.html

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04-Feb-2023 08:12:23 - Last edited on 04-Feb-2023 08:13:01 by Archaeox

Kiwi Magic

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Archaeox said :
1. It's probably a weather balloon.

I agree

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04-Feb-2023 08:15:39

Nov

2020

SlR

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They ought to fire lasers at it to scramble the 1's and 0's. They say it's a weather balloon, maybe it is, or maybe they're updating their maps. It could be used for anything, feeding data to some super computer / Ai, who knows. China seems to have a habit of feigning weakness or playing stupid to get out of things like this. Art of War - Sun Tzu "Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak. If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him." Let's hope it was an honest mishap.

You'd think they'd send up 2 balloons at the same time, tethered, so this kind of thing doesn't happen. Similar to connecting a rope to 2 climbers, if one falls the other is secure. No excuse for not having redundancies or failsafe's for these things. Irresponsible. That said, I wonder how many times our own countries have made similar errors that go unreported, lol. Bob says:

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04-Feb-2023 10:40:56 - Last edited on 04-Feb-2023 10:52:48 by SlR

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