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[sgtnoodle]

I think you're being overly generous in attributing competency/capability. Just thinking about the physics of it, robustly jamming an unknown signal of a transmitter 60KM high seems like a rather impossible task. If the air force were somehow broadcasting several megawatts of broad spectrum noise over a populated area, somebody would have noticed.

The authorities in charge have no real idea what's going on or what the payload is. This whole situation is just weird. Maybe it is just some irresponsible private organization. The Baidu equivalent of Project Loon?

[moomoo11 → sgtnoodle]

I mean TikTok / bytedance is just some irresponsible private organization.

That is controlled by the CCP.

[SoylentYellow → sgtnoodle]

> If the air force were somehow broadcasting several megawatts of broad spectrum noise over a populated area, somebody would have noticed.

Interesting that you think modern jamming works that way. It doesn't.

[h0l0cube → SoylentYellow]

Can you describe how it works?

[sudosysgen → SoylentYellow]

Barrage jamming very much is still used. Sometimes there is nothing else you can use.