F-22 Effects First Air-to-Air Strike with Chinese Balloon Takedown

FR ^ | 2/5/2023 | me

[logi_cal869]

Walk of shame...

[logi_cal869]

Hate to be that guy.

[Theoria]

Dudes got free beer for life.

[logi_cal869]

Served in a balloon.

[TigersEye]

I'm glad they've got a handle on this problem because now there's another one.

U.S Officials Confirm Third Chinese Balloon, Refuse to Reveal Location Slay News February 5, 2023

The Washington Post reported that the U.S. officials have identified “a third operating elsewhere,” but they declined to give the balloon’s location.

[Paladin2]

Top Balloon.

Until we get kinetic, this guy is going to get some serious ribbing.

[Fungi]

The country should be so proud—a million dollar missile to shoot down a balloon. Wow.

[logi_cal869]

“Single missile”

I wondered if they had to tweak that Sidewinder to target a nearly stationary, ‘cold’ target.

Think he’ll get a WH invite?

Biden praises Top Gun F-22 fighter jet pilot who shot down China spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina with a single missile - after the President vowed to ‘take care of it’ and the FAA closed airspace and three airports

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11712933/Biden-try-shoot-Chinese-spy-balloon-Atlantic.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline

[kiryandil]

https://twitter.com/imetatronink/status/1622044954188185600

[taxcontrol]

Should have tried out our new laser tech.

[llevrok]

Even though I saw the balloon pop, I still don’t know the gender of the baby.

[csvset]

Will he have a balloon silhouette painted on the jet ?

[kiryandil]

Kind of appropriate that Top Balloon used an F-Double-Deuce to drop the balloon - considering his expertise at dropping deuces..

[TigersEye]

Bwaaahahahahahaaaaa!

That was hilarious. Best meme in years.

[Revel]

We should rig a real weather balloon and send it over China. Let them shoot it down. Then they will be all smiles.

[FredSchwartz]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FoJ7SoFaQAEYyD9.jpg

[flamberge]

a million-dollar missile to shoot down a balloon...

Well, it was carrying a reconnaissance package that possibly cost the Chinese well over 10 million dollars.

And the Chinese got information from it that was possibly worth 100 million dollars.

We are talking about expendable equipment here on both sides.

[Badboo]

If the Republicans had balls, they would each carry two helium filled party balloons into the FUp’d State of the Union and let a few go every time FUBiden told a lie. I apologize for the oxymoron in my leading phrase.

[freedomjusticeruleoflaw]

Four more balloons to be an ace.

[jerod]

So they sent a jet worth $125 million, to shoot down a $150 balloon... Sounds about right.

[BenLurkin]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1622027813665603584