Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 16 hours agoNorth Korea blows up parts of inter-Korean road and rail links in a symbolic display of angerapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down12
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkNorth Korea blows up parts of inter-Korean road and rail links in a symbolic display of angerapnews.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 16 hours agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareHomerianSymphony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-256 minutes agoThat was in response to South Korea dropping propaganda in the North. North Korea complained that the propaganda drops were littering the countryside with trash.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·3 hours agoI’m not sure why what it was in response to matters. If a drone over another country’s land is an invasion, so are a bunch of balloons full of trash. What’s the difference?
minus-squareHomerianSymphony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour ago What’s the difference? You don’t see the difference between a drone and a balloon? A drone is a weapon of war. A drone can collect surveillance, or even deliver a payload to a target. But even if you want to consider a balloon an invasion, the South still invaded first when it aerial dropped propaganda.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·58 minutes ago A drone is a weapon of war. A drone can collect surveillance, or even deliver a payload to a target. Sounds like balloons fit those descriptions to me… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observation_balloon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Balloon_weaponry
That was in response to South Korea dropping propaganda in the North. North Korea complained that the propaganda drops were littering the countryside with trash.
I’m not sure why what it was in response to matters. If a drone over another country’s land is an invasion, so are a bunch of balloons full of trash.
What’s the difference?
You don’t see the difference between a drone and a balloon?
A drone is a weapon of war. A drone can collect surveillance, or even deliver a payload to a target.
But even if you want to consider a balloon an invasion, the South still invaded first when it aerial dropped propaganda.
Sounds like balloons fit those descriptions to me…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observation_balloon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Balloon_weaponry