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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-21 hour agoThat was in response to South Korea dropping propaganda in the North. North Korea complained that the propaganda drops were littering the countryside with trash.
minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink2•4 hours agoI’m not sure why what it was in response to matters. If a drone over another country’s land is an invasion, so are a bunch of balloons full of trash. What’s the difference?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 hour ago What’s the difference? You don’t see the difference between a drone and a balloon? A drone is a weapon of war. A drone can collect surveillance, or even deliver a payload to a target. But even if you want to consider a balloon an invasion, the South still invaded first when it aerial dropped propaganda.
minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink1•1 hour ago A drone is a weapon of war. A drone can collect surveillance, or even deliver a payload to a target. Sounds like balloons fit those descriptions to me… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observation_balloon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Balloon_weaponry
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-22 minutes agoYou can’t steer a balloon. No one would use a balloon for warfare these days. Spy balloons were a thing back in the 1950s before satellites existed. This is literally Cold War-era hysteria. What even is your point?
That was in response to South Korea dropping propaganda in the North. North Korea complained that the propaganda drops were littering the countryside with trash.
I’m not sure why what it was in response to matters. If a drone over another country’s land is an invasion, so are a bunch of balloons full of trash.
What’s the difference?
You don’t see the difference between a drone and a balloon?
A drone is a weapon of war. A drone can collect surveillance, or even deliver a payload to a target.
But even if you want to consider a balloon an invasion, the South still invaded first when it aerial dropped propaganda.
Sounds like balloons fit those descriptions to me…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observation_balloon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Balloon_weaponry
You can’t steer a balloon. No one would use a balloon for warfare these days.
Spy balloons were a thing back in the 1950s before satellites existed. This is literally Cold War-era hysteria.
What even is your point?