Take an f35 or f16 and use the guns.
Seems like overkill to me...
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Posted on 02/05/2023 9:42:41 PM PST by bitt
Take an f35 or f16 and use the guns.
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So they just spent about a half a million $ to destroy our own asset? Why would China admit to a balloon that’s not even theirs?
Those airports were only shut down because the balloon was known to the public.
Yes, but they are visible from 25,000 feet.
What if nobody was President and (mostly) everyone pretended not to notice.
You misunderstand my response. First balloon was China.
subsequent reported balloons are highly likely American assets.
see my post in chat from the other day Sitrep.
If that’s their strategy they are dumber then we think. They do realize this makes them look incompetent but now they are making false claims there are more Chinese balloons they are not shooting down that are over the US? And they are doing this right before the SOTU speech? Couldn’t pick a worse time to look incompetent.
Get used to it America, it’s common to see Chinese balloons flying over our homeland. They are harmless…….until they aren’t.
I looked through your comments on chatGPC and only saw discussion about white blacks and Trump. I went back as far as 1/31 and gave up. Just tell me the strategy they are going for. Thanks
What craptastic explanation does President Retard have for not telling us where it is? Is it a major metro area?
Good thing you put the “/s” on there my FRiend.
Cannot imagine the knee jerk reactions you might have received otherwise. LOL
Hope you’re feeling OK and doing well...you are in a lot of prayers.
Why keep it a secret?
Beijing is embarrassed. Yeah, right!
NO, LOL ...in FR Chat. Let me help.
Saturday Special SITREP 2.4.23 - Balloons Everywhere!
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4128562/posts
This Administration is composed of stupid people.
A competent mission planner would have equipped the electronics with self-destruct charges. The Chinese could not have expected to recover their system and would not want it to be recovered by anybody else.
Other posters have already mentioned that shooting down a high-altitude balloon with bullets is a lot harder than it looks, and risks the aircraft on each pass.
Nothing but straight lies coming from this Administration.
But, no. Joe wanted to be sure there would be no evidence or intelligence to be retrieved.
Actually, the AIM-9X has Lock-On-After-Launch capabilities. Such systems normally rely on cuing from a helmet mounted sight or onboard sensors like radar or forward-looking infrared (FLIR). So, the AIM-9X can be guided by the pilot by him simply looking at the target. This is probably why the F22 kept moving toward the target after launch of the missile...instead of veering off. Just a supposition.
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