Posted on 04/16/2016 5:16:26 AM PDT by Kaslin
Remember when George W Bush was president the Chinese forced a spy plane of ours to land in China and I think a Chicom pilot got close to that bird and crashed. So this happens more times under many presidents than we think.
Layered defenses allow probably two, optimistically three counters within ten seconds, given an alert crew and a timely weapons hot authorization. Medium range, then short range counter missiles, and point blank with sea-whiz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdp9llrBLnA
You don’t think at least a warning shot was warranted to send a clear signal this isn’t unacceptable and that we’re prepared and willing to respond?
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