Spend $400,000 to take out a $12 hobby balloon ...

3 years later, still waiting on the competency we were promised.

There was a report yesterday that their first missile missed it's target so tack that on to the total cost.

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And there are folks in here still defending this potato and the DOD

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Good point!

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and think we can defeat Russia in a proxy war in Ukraine

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Ohhh, you face planted.

What you are missing is what a co-worker told me 40 years ago at the height of the Cold War, "The Russians must really be bad." And they are. Believe it or not, they are way worse than us.

This story is slowly making it to the national news. After the press conference yesterday, the talking heads were still scratching their heads about what it was.

These balloon enthusiast people ought to do a demonstration and launch a pico balloon on TV so we all can see what Brandon shot down. It was be majorly embarrassing.

Oh how I wish Rush Limbaugh was here for this story. He would get this out to the general public so much faster than anyone else, including Zerohedge or Twitter.

I actually hope it was a “peace for Ukraine” balloon

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"The Russians must really be bad." And they are. Believe it or not, they are way worse than us.

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You were so close ... but then you went here ...

What I love is how we were told just how big some of these were. The size of a car, the size of a bus [my personal favorite was the first, Chinese, who's payload was ... wait for it the size of a jet airliner - sure it was].

I know they weren't all the same, but please - who can't figure out a $12 toy.

It seems kinda messed up that hobbiests could just be releasing balloons regularly up into where air traffic can be

Our government at work folks.

Not a fan of Biden, but give me a break. He dammed if he doesn’t take out the balloon, and dammed if he does but spends over $1mil. The problem is the average American citizen today is dumber than the average American 60 years ago. If you had any sense of education, you would educate yourself to understand why a missile was used instead of cheap bullets. The balloon the Chinese military sent over was not filled with helium that pops at the prick of a needle. Educate yourself on the facts before starting irrelevant discussion topics.

Here’s a fun fact, America is ranked 27th in the world in education, but ranked #1 in bullshittery.