Japan WUT? 77 "Peak Millenialism"
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… Matt and DJO discuss peak millenialism, Japan’s history of balloon weaponry and its current use of balloons in the telecom industry, and how eggs might help in the fight against COVID — except the eggs are disappearing and potentially being replaced with ungodly insect protein.
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Threatening Red Panda Nap Cushion (Peak Millennialiism?)
Right: The Japan Institute of International Affairs cover page for “Strategic Annual Report 2022”
Excerpt: Security and defense
The Air SDF will be renamed the Aerospace SDF to step up space utilization. The SDF as a whole will be empowered to take on cyber defense, and active cyber defense will be introduced to penetrate suspicious access sources in order to prevent attacks. … These circumstances require a revision of the law to enable active defense while ensuring the secrecy of communications as stipulated in Article 21 of the Constitution.
Right: Such Balloons can be used to find people stuck under an avalanche (or could another company use them for hacking?)
Right: The weaponization of balloons. The world’s top aviation experts and a culture of origami.
Right: Taken from https://douglasdietrich.com/ — an illustration of a weaponized balloon platform that can also house fighter craft as part of its payload (WWII / Battle of Los Angeles)
Right: Screenshot of a company promoting hi-tech use cases of stratospheric balloons