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Behind the Bastards

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Why You Should Use a Balloon

A balloon provides perfect surveillance very cheaply. It doesn't require refueling. Like it's an incredibly reasonable platform to spy on people with. But if you are the US or China or Russia engaging in most of the conflicts those countries engage in where they're not dealing with state level actors, a balloon providing perfect surveillancevery cheaply. The problem is that both of these are unfathomably expensive.

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