Pentagon Tracking Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Over the US

[Ark]

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So we have no ideas what we're shooting but it is very important that everyone is made aware that we are shooting it

 

[Tombs]

So we have no ideas what we're shooting but it is very important that everyone is made aware that we are shooting it

As per some friends, we know exactly what we're shooting at and what it's doing.

Which is why these comments from that general are so angering.

 

[bwframe]

Sounds like something to campaign on for 2024?

We need better bosses in charge in our military. Between this total FAIL in our skies and the wokeness crap in the past couple years...

...they have forgotten who they work for.

 

[BigMoose]

So we have no ideas what we're shooting but it is very important that everyone is made aware that we are shooting it

We are in a secret interplanetary war..

 

[BigRed]

Sounds like something to campaign on for 2024?

We need better bosses in charge in our military. Between this total FAIL in our skies and the wokeness crap in the past couple years...

...they have forgotten who they work for.

We need to abolish the corrupted and inept central state.

 

[The Bubba Effect]

We need to abolish the corrupted and inept central state.

I missed you man.

 

[bwframe]

???

 

[The Bubba Effect]

Prepping for fake alien disclosure? Von Braum?

 

[The Bubba Effect]

ELINT?

I have often wondered how much we probe other nation's airspace to see what stations light up in what order.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

We are in a secret interplanetary war..

 

[DadSmith]

US military pilots say unidentified flying object shot down over Alaska had 'no identifiable propulsion,' interfered with their sensors: Report

The unidentified flying object shot down 10 miles off the coast of Alaska had "no identifiable propulsion" and interfered with the sensors of the U.S. military fighter jets that engaged the aircraft on Friday, according to a new report. An unidentified object the size of a small car with a...

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Breaking: Department of Defense downs high-altitude object over Lake Huron

The Department of Defense downed a high-altitude object over Lake Huron Sunday afternoon, multiple outlets reported."I’ve been in contact with [the Department of Defense] regarding operations across the Great Lakes region today," Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.) tweeted around 3:30 p.m. Sunday. "The...

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Two high tech drones downed? Chinese? Russian?

 

[DadSmith]

 

[rhamersley]

Sounds like something to campaign on for 2024?

We need better bosses in charge in our military. Between this total FAIL in our skies and the wokeness crap in the past couple years...

...they have forgotten who they work for.

How long before they start sending rainbow colored balloons? Then the military will just salute them and let them pass...

 

[gassprint1]

So now china says the usa for years has used spy balloons on them....so biden oks to release his balloons but things go wrong and a couple catch the jet stream and come back over the u s and south America.

 

[rob63]

Chinese satellite fires green laser beams over Hawaii

Incident comes amid an escalation of tensions between China and the US – after a Chinese spy balloon was spotted over Montana earlier this month and three other ‘flying objects’ were shot down this weekend

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Leadeye]

I wonder if we still do the cable tapping ELINT work that was so successful in the 70s. Things are only new for so long, but usually they get a lot of stuff before a counter is developed.

 

[BigMoose]

U.S. General Doesn't Rule Out Aliens After Military Shoots Down Unidentfied Objects

"I'm not gonna categorize them as balloons," said Gen. Glen VanHerck, commander of NORAD. "We're calling them 'objects' for a reason."

currently.att.yahoo.com

 

[DadSmith]

 

[manifest destiny]

Unidentified my ***.
Fishy. All of it.
The below is used for an unidentified object?

Air-to-Air Missiles:

• AIM-9X Sidewinder (Air Force) - $472,000
• AIM-9X Sidewinder (Navy) - $430,818
  
  • These unit prices are averages for the entire projected 2021 Fiscal Year orders for both services, which include lots of AIM-9X-2 Block II and AIM-9X-3 Block II+ missiles, the latter of which is specifically for variants F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

 

[BigMoose]

Unidentified my ***.
Fishy. All of it.
The below is used for an unidentified object?

Air-to-Air Missiles:

• AIM-9X Sidewinder (Air Force) - $472,000
• AIM-9X Sidewinder (Navy) - $430,818
  
  • These unit prices are averages for the entire projected 2021 Fiscal Year orders for both services, which include lots of AIM-9X-2 Block II and AIM-9X-3 Block II+ missiles, the latter of which is specifically for variants F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

The verified balloon was shot by a specially modified AIM-9X, the warhead was removed or made inert.

The Lake Huron shootdown was completed by a ANG F-16 using an older Block 1 AIM-9X type. (Old school rail launched)

The others were F-22s with AIM-9X

I haven't seen word on if the other 3 used live warheads.

Would you rather have them use a couple million dollar AIM-120 AMMRAM?