Posted on 02/05/2023 7:16:54 PM PST by logi_cal869
Walk of shame...
Cost is really not the issue but you know that
“We really don’t want to show off things like that to the Chinese .....”
What do you think was described in bidens classified docs?
“Will he have a balloon silhouette painted on the jet ?”
That and a humiliating call sign.
A bunch of stuff we really don't want to show off to the Chinese.
But they paid for it and our rulers gave it to them. No doubt with "10% to the big guy".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder
Joint helmet mounted cueing system. Scroll down to aim 9X
Thank you! Very cool feature. AIM-9x is not your daddy’s AIM-9 anymore.
Good to know that AIM-9X can target something with that little thermal contrast.
Our laser tech has been widely announced.
Well, yes. It has even been demonstrated in prototype tests.
You can make one of anything work in a laboratory. It is quite a different problem to make it work twice. Even harder to make it work reliably whenever you need it, make lots more of the devices, and deploy them to places where they can be used. The people who will need them must be trained as well.
The Chinese would very much like to confirm how far along we are with all of those activities. This episode of the game did not give them much confirmation about that. They will keep trying by various other means.
For that matter, the Chinese have deployed laser blinding systems to some of their military units. Nasty things that presumably will attract immediate return fire since you can tell where they are coming from. I don't know if they have ever been used in combat. They would seem almost as dangerous to the operators as to their opponents.
We would very much like to know if the Chinese have ground-based lasers that can kill aircraft or missiles, or satellites. Preferably before a war starts up. We probably won't be using "weather balloons" to find out though.
Pilot’s new call sign is “Poppy”. 🍺🤣
Helium balloon no explosion
68,000 altitude had been 117,000
22 maxes at 55-58,000 operational
Bullets don’t bring it down easy just little holes
And that around two miles altitude diff
Needed exploding armament
True
Hey, that hundred mil could have paid off a half dozen RAT traitors in congress for the real inside scoop!
The politicians in Congress are mostly paid actors who recite the scripts they are given from their sponsors. They don't have any "inside scoop". Besides, the Chinese already own many of the key players.
Making the USA look stupid and inept in a drama production before a world audience is worth a lot to the Chinese. It can be done cheaply because the current rulers of the USA are stupid and inept. It's time for them to go away.
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