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Google Pioneered Stratospheric Loon Balloons. Was China Watching?
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Google Pioneered Stratospheric Loon Balloons. Was China Watching?
The search company helped revolutionize balloon technology to beam internet access to global blank spots. Now, China seems to have lofted a similar project.
Earlier this week The New York Times published a story about Wu Zhe, a Chinese scientist who is the alleged mastermind of his nation’s balloon surveillance program. You may have noticed that Chinese spy balloons have been in the news because one of those near-space visitors meandered over the US for days until Joe Biden ordered it shot down. The Times reporters documented a series of triumphant announcements of the achievements of Wu’s team, the Eagles Men Aviation Science and Technology Group. (No relation to the team that just lost the Super Bowl, in part due to a marginal holding call.)
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