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. . Fox News confirmed that the Chinese balloon had western made parts with English writing, according to a source familiar with classified briefing Thursday.

However, the State Department said earlier Thursday: "We are confident that the balloon manufacturer has a direct relationship with China’s military and is an approved vendor of the PLA, according to information published in an official procurement portal for the PLA." . . .more

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>. . Fox News confirmed that the Chinese balloon had western made parts with English writing, according to a source familiar with classified briefing Thursday. >However, the State Department said earlier Thursday: "We are confident that the balloon manufacturer has a direct relationship with China’s military and is an approved vendor of the PLA, according to information published in an official procurement portal for the PLA." . . .more [Source Article](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senators-say-very-disturbing-possibility-us-manufacturting-helped-build-chinese-suvelliance-balloon)

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Very disturbing? Girl Scouts launch weather balloons for fuck's sake. I am pretty sure I could buy the same balloon at any hobby shop and it'll have a "made in China" stamp on it.

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I doubt you will find all that specialized surveillance hardware at the hobby shop. The balloon itself is huge, more likely to find an old weather balloon at a US military surplus outlet.

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they definitely sell drones with cameras, and all kinds of radio equipment at hobby stores

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Out of the box generic stuff, not specialized/weaponized for Military level eavesdropping/jamming. I get the gist though, if one were a brilliant engineer they might be able to repurpose some consumer level electronics stuff to replicate some of the capabilities of this spy balloon.