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Posted on 2/4/23 at 6:27 pm to baldona
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I'd bet they care more that over the water civilians can more easily be prevented from seeing it before the government, as an example. Drop it in someone's farm field and there's pictures online before the government can hide it.
This is the most likely reason. They didn't want a repeat of when people were taking pieces of the space shuttle Columbia and trying to sell it online.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 6:36 pm to dawgfan24348
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We didn’t shoot it down because of its probability of landing on people or their homes.
Oh good lord it flew over Alaska.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 6:55 pm to captron
This deal might have netted the Big Guy more than 10% 
Posted on 2/4/23 at 7:02 pm to tigerpimpbot
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quote: 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.
I’m good with shooting it down over water, those Chinese bastards could have filled it with Ricin.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 7:08 pm to 225Tyga
If people only knew how much Chinese Spyware is out there, in their pockets and home. Yet they are worried about a balloon. Not to mention the actual spy satellites orbiting the earth in space. LOL
Posted on 2/4/23 at 8:20 pm to AlumneyeJ93
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I’m good with shooting it down over water, those Chinese bastards could have filled it with Ricin.
Woah woah woah, let's not try to convince anyone that over water was a good idea.
There's too much political soapboxing to do They've already blown up their FB pages with rage, sent out emails to senators, double-deckered a liberals toilet.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 8:50 pm to BRIllini07
quote:I think that squadron has east coast "security" either way bout time a raptor got a kill
Isn’t using an F-22 to knock out a balloon like bringing a bazooka to a knife fight? Is that pilot going to get a new call sign now? (“Needle”, “Pinprick”, etc…)
Posted on 2/4/23 at 9:00 pm to 225Tyga
Only took them 3 days…
Posted on 2/4/23 at 9:05 pm to dawgfan24348
Let’s send a few of ours over china and see what happens.
Posted on 2/5/23 at 10:41 am to Shamoan
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Only took them 3 days…
Well apparently some of these things flew over the country when Trump was President too expect then the gov't chose to do nothing about them. So....
Posted on 2/5/23 at 10:45 am to Shamoan
Posted on 2/5/23 at 10:54 am to Dr RC
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Well apparently some of these things flew over the country when Trump was President too expect then the gov't chose to do nothing about them. So....
It sounds like the media spun this story, and there have been multiple balloons that have flown "close to" Hawaii. I have yet to see anything about another balloon over the lower 48.
Including one last year close to Hawaii. I'm not happy about any of them, but just pointing out I have not seen any evidence any balloons flew over the lower 48 recently?
Posted on 2/5/23 at 11:03 am to TigerOnTheMountain
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No, but my Barrett M82 might.
Posted on 2/5/23 at 11:05 am to YNWA
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Chinese Spyware
you have no idea what you are talking about Posted on 2/5/23 at 11:10 am to 225Tyga
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If I would have seen it I would have just shot it with my rifle or 22.
Yea?
Posted on 2/5/23 at 11:13 am to 225Tyga
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shot it with my rifle or 22
America! frick Yeah!
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