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re: US shot down another balloon over Alaska a couple of hours ago
Posted on 2/11/23 at 9:44 am to Von
Posted on 2/11/23 at 9:44 am to Von
Still processing this, but worth noting:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/u-s-military-shoots-down-object-flying-territorial-waters-over-alaska
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2023/02/11/so-we-shot-down-a-ufo-over-alaska-yesterday-n529937
May be an artificial flex for Joe while creating nothingburgers to appease the public…
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/u-s-military-shoots-down-object-flying-territorial-waters-over-alaska
quote:
WHITE HOUSE Published February 10, 2023 3:33pm EST
US military shoots down 'object' flying in territorial waters over Alaska The Pentagon said an F-22 using an A9X missile shot down the 'object'
Adam Sabes By Adam Sabes | Fox News
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2023/02/11/so-we-shot-down-a-ufo-over-alaska-yesterday-n529937
quote:
So we shot down a UFO over Alaska yesterday
JAZZ SHAW 8:31 AM on February 11, 2023
May be an artificial flex for Joe while creating nothingburgers to appease the public…
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Posted on 2/11/23 at 10:25 am to ThinePreparedAni
My Chinese friend told me they have been sending these over at various altitudes to test our military response times and detection capabilities.
Posted on 2/11/23 at 10:28 am to Dandaman
quote:
My Chinese friend told me they have been sending these over at various altitudes to test our military response times and detection capabilities.
Logical. They sent one over Northern S. America too.
Posted on 2/11/23 at 10:32 am to Burhead
Chinese sending over balloons. Us Navy sending up fighter jets and rockets. Wasting tax payer money.
President Don Qixiote, stands on lawn shaking his fist at the clouds.
President Don Qixiote, stands on lawn shaking his fist at the clouds.
Posted on 2/11/23 at 3:04 pm to ThinePreparedAni
The Friday before Super Bowl weekend, the gov admits to shooting down ...
another balloon? No
drone? No
an "object"? Yes.
WTF does that even mean? We just spent the better part of a week talking about the CCP's spy balloon, which was plain as day for all to see, but waited until it was over water to bring it down?
(And FYI, that wasn't a Sidewinder or any other type of missile that took down the balloon. Not how I saw it. Looked more like a single shot *ORDNANCE. Possibly a rail gun. Zero contrail or exhaust visible, but nobody wants to talk about that I guess)
2x's in 1 week our F-22's take out threats in the skies over our territory. Is Russia shaking in its boots yet?
*Corrected because dear lord, the proper spelling of the word O R D N A N C E is so god damn vital to this discussion.
another balloon? No
drone? No
an "object"? Yes.
WTF does that even mean? We just spent the better part of a week talking about the CCP's spy balloon, which was plain as day for all to see, but waited until it was over water to bring it down?
(And FYI, that wasn't a Sidewinder or any other type of missile that took down the balloon. Not how I saw it. Looked more like a single shot *ORDNANCE. Possibly a rail gun. Zero contrail or exhaust visible, but nobody wants to talk about that I guess)
2x's in 1 week our F-22's take out threats in the skies over our territory. Is Russia shaking in its boots yet?
*Corrected because dear lord, the proper spelling of the word O R D N A N C E is so god damn vital to this discussion.
This post was edited on 2/11/23 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 2/11/23 at 3:21 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
quote:ordnance not ordinance, and sidewinders are single shot bro...
Not how I saw it. Looked more like a single shot ordinance. Possibly a rail gun
Posted on 2/11/23 at 3:22 pm to Gus007
quote:No Navy jets, only USAF so far.
Us Navy sending up fighter jets and rockets
Posted on 2/11/23 at 3:31 pm to choupiquesushi
Thanks grammar nazi, ORDNANCE. I'll type more accurately next time.
I guess you missed this part though...
wasn't a Sidewinder or any other type of missile
.
Still feel like ignoring the important parts or nah?
I guess you missed this part though...
wasn't a Sidewinder or any other type of missile
.
Still feel like ignoring the important parts or nah?
This post was edited on 2/11/23 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 2/11/23 at 3:37 pm to RD Dawg
They told us there wouldn’t be ice in ocean by 2010
Posted on 2/11/23 at 3:44 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
quote:it most certainly was.
I guess you missed this part though...
wasn't a Sidewinder or any other type of missile
.
looked just like the sidewinder i saw fired over the med back in the 80s with my own eyes.
in the first shootdown the raptor was well below the target, which is EXACTLY how they want to be for a missile shot - especially over water.
This post was edited on 2/11/23 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 2/11/23 at 3:46 pm to choupiquesushi
quote:
it most certainly was.
looked just like the sidewinder i saw fired over the med back in the 80s with my own eyes.
There was no missile in the video. I'd say it was invisible, but there was nothing following it indicating any sort of a missile.
Unless you saw a video different from the one I saw.
Posted on 2/11/23 at 3:47 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
I know for a fact an F22 went back Langley minus 1 sidewinder...... unless it's the camera footage from the jet, it's pretty much useless.
plus the sidewinder I saw fired and hit a jet, and I was 6500 feet below and 4-5 miles away you could not see contrails it simply looked like a green/yellow dot zipping through the air and then boom.
plus the sidewinder I saw fired and hit a jet, and I was 6500 feet below and 4-5 miles away you could not see contrails it simply looked like a green/yellow dot zipping through the air and then boom.
This post was edited on 2/11/23 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 2/11/23 at 3:56 pm to choupiquesushi
FOX 10 Phoenix
ABC News Australia
So I'm seeing 2 things now. Some vids show a streak of a missile as it approaches the balloon, but in others, nothing but the balloon reacting to what looks like a bullet shot. Did the missile explode in proximity to the target?
ABC News Australia
So I'm seeing 2 things now. Some vids show a streak of a missile as it approaches the balloon, but in others, nothing but the balloon reacting to what looks like a bullet shot. Did the missile explode in proximity to the target?
This post was edited on 2/11/23 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 2/11/23 at 4:06 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
it's almost 190lbs going mach 2.5 with that kind of inertia it doesn't need to explode to splash a balloon if it hits it.
things traveling mach 1, 1.5 or even mach 2 can play tricks on eyes and camera.
hard to tell if the warhead exploded or not the jets camera would show it much clearer. Unless they changed the warhead the blast from sidewinder wasn't that big - the shrapnel hitting the target is what caused the fireball i saw.
depending on how far those cameras are and the angles, reflection and speed involved hard to say, but that is certainly a sidewinder.
things traveling mach 1, 1.5 or even mach 2 can play tricks on eyes and camera.
hard to tell if the warhead exploded or not the jets camera would show it much clearer. Unless they changed the warhead the blast from sidewinder wasn't that big - the shrapnel hitting the target is what caused the fireball i saw.
depending on how far those cameras are and the angles, reflection and speed involved hard to say, but that is certainly a sidewinder.
This post was edited on 2/11/23 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 2/11/23 at 4:23 pm to Burhead
and another Raptor just splashed another object over northern canada.
Posted on 2/11/23 at 4:42 pm to GhostOfFreedom
If we are shooting them before they go over US land, then Biden is admitting he fricked up the first one. The last balloon probably sent a ton of information back to China.
Posted on 2/11/23 at 4:50 pm to choupiquesushi
quote:
and another Raptor just splashed another object over northern canada.
Link
Posted on 2/11/23 at 6:11 pm to Gus007
Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and Raytheon are making serious money on these episodes.
Posted on 2/11/23 at 6:15 pm to RD Dawg
The only thing being shot at are the barrage of criticisms being hurled at Biden for mishandling the balloon incident. 
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