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re: US military shoots down Chinese spy balloon over Atlantic Ocean

Posted on 2/4/23 at 1:59 pm to
Posted by ClusterCock
Myrtle Beach
Member since Oct 2018
67 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 1:59 pm to
Myrtle Beach, baby! Heard 2 booms that shook the house
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
51915 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 1:59 pm to
It helps when the thing is 100 feet tall and 20 feet wide.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51386 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 2:00 pm to
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If I would have seen it I would have just shot it with my rifle or 22


lol, my lord
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
73856 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 2:00 pm to
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Took them long enough.


probably wanted to let it do what it was supposed to do and then shoot it down to see what they could recover to analyze?
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
43058 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 2:00 pm to
It sounds like it contained the equivalent of three schools buses in the balloon
Posted by jaybirdlsu
Columbia, S.C.
Member since Jan 2009
290 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 2:00 pm to
Shaw AFB with the kill. Lol
Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2014
6604 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 2:01 pm to
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honestly berieve it was a weather balloon
I’m inclined to agree. Can china really not do better than a fricking balloon??
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
30710 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 2:02 pm to
a .22 that high are you kidding, no rifle can shoot that high
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
73856 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 2:02 pm to
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Shaw AFB with the kill. Lol




I think I would be a bit embarrassed to have a balloon silhouette painted on my jet but a kill is a kill I suppose
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51386 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 2:03 pm to
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I think I would be a bit embarrassed to have a balloon silhouette painted on my jet but a kill is a kill I suppose




The image of that is pretty funny actually
Posted by SCLibertarian
Conway, South Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
36238 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 2:04 pm to
The Eagles Beachwear folks are gathering up pieces as we speak to sell with taffy and rebel flag towels.
Posted by Mid Iowa Tiger
Undisclosed Secure Location
Member since Feb 2008
18731 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 2:06 pm to
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youreally think your .22 can shoot 6 miles straight up into the air?


If it could the bullet would be just over 1/2 way to the balloon. At 60,000 feet that’s almost 12 miles high.
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
18928 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 2:06 pm to
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probably wanted to let it do what it was supposed to do and then shoot it down to see what they could recover to analyze?


That's the thing. Shoot it down over land and recover. Shoot it down over the ocean and all the parts sink. That bothers me. As if they didn't want the part recovered.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
73856 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 2:08 pm to
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The image of that is pretty funny actually




everyone's finding their way back to the squadron, "hey so and so, how'd you do?" "I got a (intentionally garbled transmission") say again, that was garbled, "I said I got a fricking balloon OK!!"
Posted by LewDawg
Member since May 2009
75242 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 2:10 pm to
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I think I would be a bit embarrassed to have a balloon silhouette painted on my jet but a kill is a kill I suppose
Id own the shite out of that kill if it were me

Posted by tigerbutt
Deep South
Member since Jun 2006
24604 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 2:10 pm to
For the moron who just started another thread.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98335 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 2:12 pm to
Four more and ole baw will be the first ace since Vietnam.

ETA or it could be ole gal.
This post was edited on 2/4/23 at 2:13 pm
Posted by dawgfan24348
Member since Oct 2011
49338 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 2:12 pm to
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Can’t make this shite up. We should sterilize all the people that voted for this administration

Yeah sure how dare we worry about the lives of citizens much easier for you to sit yourself in that little echo chamber where the people you don’t like are pro China
Posted by Hayekian serf
GA
Member since Dec 2020
2601 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 2:13 pm to
It was shot down over the water so people wouldn’t be able to retrieve any debris.

It could have been shot down over Montana with almost no risk to civilians below.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
73856 posts
Posted on 2/4/23 at 2:14 pm to
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Id own the shite out of that kill if it were me



there have been some good ones, this one didn't last too long

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