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Does our military even know how to shoot it down? With what and how? Fire a missile at it and hope it explodes? It’s just a big plastic/visqueen ball of helium!


65 posted on 02/03/2023 5:36:29 PM PST by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood)
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Odds are it’s compartmentalized so that if one cell pops the rest don’t. Our JLENS blimps use the same concept.

But, an A2A or G2A missile could damage multiple cells with a single missile.

Just food for thought.


66 posted on 02/03/2023 5:39:15 PM PST by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats. )
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To: US_MilitaryRules
Does our military even know how to shoot it down? With what and how? Fire a missile at it and hope it explodes? It’s just a big plastic/visqueen ball of helium!

It has a large radar cross section, so it could certainly be targeted and destroyed. Of course you then have debris from both the balloon and the missile coming down.

77 posted on 02/03/2023 5:46:21 PM PST by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: US_MilitaryRules
It’s just a big plastic/visqueen ball of helium!

Probably, but maybe not.

Could be filled with chemical weapons, or who knows what, including an EMP.

Might be best to capture it, and analyze.

79 posted on 02/03/2023 5:46:56 PM PST by Golden Eagle (The LGBT indoctrination agenda is designed to outlaw the Bible, and anyone who believes it.)
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To: US_MilitaryRules
Does our military even know how to shoot it down? With what and how? Fire a missile at it and hope it explodes? It’s just a big plastic/visqueen ball of helium!

That metal lattice probably reflected enough radar waves to be acquired. However, I heard that a sidewinder took it down which is IR guided. Pretty sure it wouldn't "see" a target that's be cold soaked for a week.

237 posted on 02/06/2023 12:33:43 PM PST by hattend
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