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[–] 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

ofc it should if you know where it is. balloon and ropes are plastic and therefore non-reflective for microwaves. drone is also largerly plastic so the only metal bits are wiring, battery and warhead

but wait, it gets worse: you can shoot down balloon, but after release drone is still pretty high up but it's now fast, and has just as small radar return as before

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Luckily they developed radar that does not use microwaves about 80 years ago, so that isn't a huge problem. You can see them use it literally every time you turn on the weather broadcast because clouds aren't made of metal either.

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