Anyone who has been paying attention to the conflict in Iran probably knows that the ayatollah regime shuts down internet access at the first sign of trouble and does all it can to combat alternative access points like Starlink.The reason they are doing this is pretty obvious - most people in the country hate them and by denying internet access they are limiting the ability of the people to organize a resistance.This got me thinking, how could internet access could be provided, then I remembered that story about the Chinese balloon several years ago. Could cellular network equipment be mounted on a similar high altitude balloon or blimp to provide service over Iranian cities,to provide unmonitored internet access to the people below?
>>65124831weapons?
>>65124831https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon_LLC>In January 2021, Alphabet announced that the company would be shut down due to lack of profitability.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Aquila>Internal development of the Aquila aircraft was stopped in June 2018.
>>65124831the ballons wouldn't have enough energy to power a cell tower like that. also it sounds like they are going to shut down the internet again soon so gl everyone!
>>65124883>Our board centers around weapons, armor, and other myriad military technology. Information warfare is still warfare
>>65124897Damn, seems like the technology is there, but not the political will.
>>65124831Slow as hell huge drones aren't going to survive in places where angry locals don't want 'em to survive. Satellites are harder to destroy, but if only thing you want is to jam 'em harder than average jeet jamboy, its hard on wide areas like in whole country, but not that hard in confined areas like major cities. >>65124897Google and Facebook closing individual projects isn't the end of the concept. There is still plenty of development going on.
A cell tower usually only covers a few miles. If you want a cell balloon capable of acting as a remote tower, it would need to have a range of around 10 times that to be reliable while remaining high enough that it can't easily be shot down. That translates to needing around 100x the transmission power and 100x the sensitivity of a conventional ground based cell tower, plus a bunch of lifting capacity and power generation to support this airborne super cell tower (plus energy storage for night operation if you also want that capability). It also needs to be cheap enough that the opposition can't just economically shoot it down with their more expensive air defense munitions - I know that the US has lots of money, but it doesn't have "float quarter billion dollar high altitude blimps above enemy capital cities while the enemy shoots them down willy nilly" levels of money.Needless to say, this combination of features isn't technically feasible, and if you drop any of those features then this entire endeavor doesn't work.
>>65124831Sure but they are going to get shot down fast.
>>65124831What you really want is planet - wide adoption of direct-to-satellite cell networks. Break the local cellphone mark market with price dumping, make the chips so cheap and ubiquitous every $100 Xiaomi phone supports it, cover the sky with a thick network. It will be impossible to jam if all it takes to get that sweet, sweet American propaganda mixed with Korean dramas and hd porn is to root your Android at local playstation pirate shop.
>>65124831DO YOU THINK THE WILL OF FUCKING ALLAH REQUIRES INTERNET FUCKING BALLOONS!?!
>>65124831do you just have a fetish?
>>65124831>The reason they are doing this is pretty obvious - most people in the country hate them and by denying internet access they are limiting the ability of the people to organize a resistance.No, mostly Islam hates gamers. Gaming is against the Koran and destestable to Allah. Death to gamers!
>>65126488>do you just have a fetish?Barroons are hot.
>>65124831>most people in the country hate them Yeah. About that. Noticed how the totally organic and domesticly sourced riots occured just a few weeks before Israel forced the US to attack Iran? Yeah, that. I'm SEA and I've met and talked to many Iranians irl. They come here to escape Iran for a better life but they are at most, apathetic to their government. It's either the Mullahs or Israel and they rather local tyrants than foreign puppets. >bbbbut the women are oppressedSince when 4chan cared about foids? >bbbbut the ShahThe Shah was literally some random soldier that the Bongs decided to prop up as the Iranian King. He had no historical noble blood nor did anything of note prior to it.
