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AIM-9X Sidewinder (Air Force) - $472,000
Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:54 pm
Half a million dollars to shoot a baloon down!
That's not including all the logistics that went along with it.
That's not including all the logistics that went along with it.
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Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:55 pm to ItzMe1972
What logistics are you referring to?
Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:57 pm to ItzMe1972
And a simple Brrrrt, would have worked just fine.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:57 pm to ItzMe1972
That thing was like cruise at a 60,000 foot altitude......they had to use a missile
This post was edited on 2/4/23 at 5:05 pm
Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:59 pm to ItzMe1972
I was hoping to test out one of the new laser weapons.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:00 pm to LookSquirrel
There aren’t a lot or maybe any aircraft in inventory that can brrrrt at 60,000 feet.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:00 pm to Jbird
"What logistics are you referring to?"
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KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft, as well as F-22 Raptors were observed loitering in the area, along with a U.S. Navy P-8a Poseidon patrol aircraft. A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 search-and-rescue plane also flew off Wilmington.
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KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft, as well as F-22 Raptors were observed loitering in the area, along with a U.S. Navy P-8a Poseidon patrol aircraft. A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 search-and-rescue plane also flew off Wilmington.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:06 pm to ItzMe1972
So fewer than a normal training day.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:08 pm to ItzMe1972
I don’t think a balloon gives off enough of an IR signature…more than likely hit with an AMRAAM.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:11 pm to ItzMe1972
The Chinese get their info and Joe looks tough while giving a gift to the MIC
Win - win for the admin
Win - win for the admin
Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:13 pm to 14&Counting
F-15 can fly to 65000 feet.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:18 pm to ItzMe1972
Why not the fricking guns?
Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:20 pm to ItzMe1972
Not to mention the billions we have spent on SR-71s, U2s, and whatever the latest super secret craft is, could have just used a balloon or two... 
Posted on 2/4/23 at 6:08 pm to ItzMe1972
This was likely fun for the pilots. Live fire training exercise.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 6:11 pm to jcaz
I shot an anti tank weapon that cost 10,000 a pop. More than half the platoon got to shoot. It happens
Posted on 2/4/23 at 6:53 pm to ItzMe1972
Some of you mfers will find anything to bitch about lol
Posted on 2/4/23 at 8:15 pm to ItzMe1972
You rather they send the money to Ukraine?
Posted on 2/4/23 at 8:27 pm to ItzMe1972
quote:it would’ve been entertaining to see it get a treatment from the cannons on an A-10 warthog, but I don’t think the warthog can fly that high.
AIM-9X Sidewinder (Air Force) - $472,000. Half a million dollars to shoot a baloon down!
Posted on 2/4/23 at 8:28 pm to LookSquirrel
quote:please tell us what weapon system could’ve done as you describe, at that altitude.
And a simple Brrrrt, would have worked just fine.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 8:32 pm to ItzMe1972
Local witness said she counted 8 planes.
That she could see.
I'm betting a whole squadron was used when a pair (at most) would have been enough.
Do we know for sure what the balloon's altitude was at the moment of intercept?
And do you believe the 'official' story
That she could see.
I'm betting a whole squadron was used when a pair (at most) would have been enough.
quote:
please tell us what weapon system could’ve done as you describe, at that altitude.
Do we know for sure what the balloon's altitude was at the moment of intercept?
And do you believe the 'official' story
This post was edited on 2/4/23 at 8:34 pm
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