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re: US military shoots down Chinese spy balloon over Atlantic Ocean
Posted on 2/4/23 at 3:26 pm to Scruffy
Posted on 2/4/23 at 3:26 pm to Scruffy
quote:and im wrong?
You stated that it was difficult and we couldn’t just fly a plane up to it.
“this thing wasnt and was so high up that we couldnt just send a plane up there and deal with it”
quote:and im sure that if this thing actually poised some kind of national security threat, we would have done the same
Again, you don’t even have to use super secret sci-fi tech.
We were shooting objects out of Earth’s orbit, heights of 200+ kilometers, over a decade ago.
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Posted on 2/4/23 at 3:26 pm to NPComb
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How did they shoot it down?
AIM-9x heat seeking missile from F-22 Raptor
Posted on 2/4/23 at 3:27 pm to WestCoastAg
quote::facepalm:
and im sure that if this thing actually poised some kind of national security threat, we would have done the same
Another one for the “as long as it is low tech, just let it be” club.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 3:28 pm to Scruffy
alright
Posted on 2/4/23 at 3:29 pm to WestCoastAg
quote:
and im wrong?
Yes
Posted on 2/4/23 at 3:34 pm to BritLSUfan
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AIM-9x heat seeking missile from F-22 Raptor
How does a balloon have enough of a heat signature for Sidewinder to lock on and track it?
Posted on 2/4/23 at 3:39 pm to PJinAtl
Ever see a hot air balloon?
Posted on 2/4/23 at 3:39 pm to PJinAtl
Some enlisted guy is having to paint a balloon on the side of an F-22 as we speak.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 3:39 pm to Stevo
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Ever see a hot air balloon?
Posted on 2/4/23 at 3:50 pm to When in Rome
Wonder how a heat seeking munition locked on to it
Posted on 2/4/23 at 3:51 pm to jcaz
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Wonder how a heat seeking munition locked on to it
if you see it you can hit it?
Posted on 2/4/23 at 3:58 pm to WestCoastAg
quote:yes you fricking retard
and im wrong?
Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:00 pm to PJinAtl
quote:
How does a balloon have enough of a heat signature for Sidewinder to lock on and track it?
Legit question...
Crossed my mind too.
All the military pundits seemed to think a cannon shot would be the best bet. Suggesting the balloon would be punctured and lose its lift from the helium or hydrogen. This would then allow the balloon to drift towards the surface.
Back to the reported ordinance used, AIM-9X.
This is the latest version of the Sidewinder SRAAM.
Depending on the exact model used, it could have guided on to target by datalink, therefore not just relying on IR/heatseeking.
This post was edited on 2/4/23 at 4:08 pm
Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:01 pm to jaybirdlsu
quote:langley
Shaw AFB with the kill. Lol
Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:03 pm to dawgfan24348
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debris could travel far from where it was shot down.
You'd hate to pepper some poor soul with gently lilting mylar fragments, or, worse still, part of the string.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:04 pm to msutiger
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Because there definitely aren't unpopulated areas of Montana where they could have done that
Or Alaska where it flew completely through... dead center.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:06 pm to 225Tyga
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Can’t make this shite up. We should sterilize all the people that voted for this administration
As well as anyone who thinks they can hit a balloon 6 miles up with a .22
Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:12 pm to 225Tyga
That balloon is a test run for something else.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:16 pm to dawgfan24348
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dawgfan24348
Holy shite, your level of stupidity must be painful.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:17 pm to JonTheTigerFan
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Yet they shot it down closer to populated areas than it would have been if they had shot it down in Montana/Wyoming.
Shoot it down in Montana and the wind blows whatever is in it, East. Considering it was 12 miles up, that substance would spread over a massive area. Shoot it down in the ocean, and it goes out to sea... Proves my point further.
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