Comment by ribosometronome

7 days ago

Panic, shut down the airport, and reveal their top secret methods of defense against actual attacks.

7 comments

ribosometronome

Reply
kakacik  7 days ago

And imagine the mayhem with 20 balloons, or 100. Very easy in trigger happy situation, a child is all you need.

But what do we know, maybe it was an evil terrorist party balloon. You see, the wall just needs to be a little higher to protect that beautiful country from all southern evils.

  • ben_w  6 days ago

    I have wondered if this would help Ukraine. Let a thousand balloons float serenely into Russian airspace. Some of them may have drones on them waiting to be cut loose and drop a payload on something important. Or they may be carrying a weighted 3d printed shell of a drone that does nothing, Russia can't afford to take that chance. And likewise in the other direction.

    Which way are the prevailing winds at altitude over the Ukrainian-Russian border region, anyway?

    • jacquesm  6 days ago

      Those winds favor Ukraine and this is something they are acutely aware of. Ukrainian drones into russian held territory have a range advantage.

  • lelanthran  7 days ago

    > And imagine the mayhem with 20 balloons, or 100. Very easy in trigger happy situation, a child is all you need.

    Sounds like a great way for a drug-runner to proceed - release 1000 balloons across a very large area, and have only one of them carry their payload of drugs (or whatever).