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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I can't believe that this is still an ongoing thing.

South Korea’s military said some trash balloons were equipped with timed poppers that could cause fires.

There's going to have to be some kind of low-end air defense system developed to counter this, no joke.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not that we are not able to shoot them down. There are cities and small towns near the border and even without them, Seoul itself is really close to the border. Official statement is that shooting them down is not an option.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Pop them with lasers.

[–] Don_Dickle 1 points 1 month ago

Probably a dumb question but does not SK have an Iron Dome like Israel?

[–] ThePyroPython 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

South Korea should respond with balloons of NK notes to devalue their currency massively.

[–] mercano 10 points 1 month ago

If challenged on this, South Korea simply replies they’re responding to trash with trash.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Problem is, it’s probably already worth nothing, they probably use Chinese or Russian currency informally

[–] ThePyroPython 6 points 1 month ago

Two for one deal it is then.

[–] Don_Dickle 4 points 1 month ago

Don't they already do this by balloons with dvd's of the Interview?