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re: AIM-9X Sidewinder (Air Force) - $472,000
Posted on 2/4/23 at 8:35 pm to ItzMe1972
Posted on 2/4/23 at 8:35 pm to ItzMe1972
I’ll play devils advocate here and tell you what I heard as the reason why they didn’t brrrttt the balloon. The story is that brrrttt holes would not deflate the balloon fast enough and it still could have drifted into international waters, and make finding it for recovery more difficult. The shrapnel from the sidewinder instead shredded the ever living shite out of the balloon, making it drop instantly within US territorial waters and easy to locate for recovery.
This post was edited on 2/4/23 at 8:57 pm
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Posted on 2/4/23 at 10:59 pm to TheFonz
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I’ll play devils advocate here and tell you what I heard as the reason why they didn’t brrrttt the balloon. The story is that brrrttt holes would not deflate the balloon fast enough and it still could have drifted into international waters, and make finding it for recovery more difficult. The shrapnel from the sidewinder instead shredded the ever living shite out of the balloon, making it drop instantly within US territorial waters and easy to locate for recovery.
Which means they could have brrrttt the ballon in Alaska or Montana and recoved it to see what it was doing, tech wise. If it isn't dropping fast enough from there send more brrrttt through it.
WHICH MEANS they didn't want to stop it before it's mission had been carried out.
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