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krasin

>I wonder if Google did this, partially to piss China off.

Clearly, not. China has enough air power (including drones) to shut down any amount of the balloons.

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I don't think conventional drones can fly that high.

Begun, the balloon wars have.

Actually, kite fights are an old Asian tradition: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101010110043AA...

Missiles can.

Missiles that can are much more expensive than baloons

If I'm China, I don't care about how expensive the targets are, I just care whether keeping my death-grip on the Internet is worth the price of the ammunition.

Then how about baloons with guns?

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