20 So China was able to spy in REAL time with their balloons. The conspiracy (theory) is that Biden helped them do it by waiting so long to shoot it down. (www.zerohedge.com) posted 1 year ago by seventeen 1 year ago by seventeen +23 / -3 Chinese Spy Balloon Gained Intel On US Military Sites, Transmitted To Beijing In Real Time ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero 17 comments share 17 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Satellites don't have nearly the same resolution. Balloons would be at least 10x better which could matter for precision guidance and object detection.
That depends on the satellite.
I imagine you can do better with a balloon, but it’s not a precision surveillance tool by any means.
Which is why the headline is inflammatory.