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Opinion that I find to be usefull on this: The surveillance balloons are very, very difficult to destroy, the aircraft's radar cannot see them, they fly almost
by hhr 4y ago
Opinion that I find to be usefull on this:
The surveillance balloons are very, very difficult to destroy, the aircraft's radar cannot see them, they fly almost in space at altitudes up to 25 km, they are painted in the color of the sky, or even transparent like jellyfish. Reflective surface is less than any of stealth planes. For any sane results, you need a dedicated aircraft with a special weapons set for destroying this thing. Missiles with a thermal homing head and special anti-aerostatic incendiary tracer shells, with a special fuse that is triggered when the thin shell of the balloon touches. This fuse is also triggered by raindrops, so it's better not to shoot them in the rain. Rockets, on the other hand, capture the heated sunny side of the balloon with their clever thermal head. Secondly, as a rule, one hit is not enough(due to the cell structure of balloon). Balloon doesn't give a fuck about shell holes, it will slowly descend to where it needs to go for thousands of kilometers dropping ballast more often. And by the way, he can also bang on a lucky hit and take the plane with him.
- jamisteven 4y agoNonsense, they have been tracking this thing since before it hit US airspace, through Alaska and Canada, they know exactly where it is and can take it out at any time they want.
- raspberry1337 4y ago[flagged]
- case0x00 4y agohttps://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3287204/senior-defense-official-holds-a-background-briefing-on-high-altitude-surveillan/ https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/... "And, I'm sorry, how long have we been tracking it. I'm not going to go into all the details because I don't want to reveal sensitive information. But I will say we have been tracking it for some time. And we have had custody of it the entire time it has been over U.S. airspace, entered the continental United States airspace a couple of days ago."
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- novolunt 4y ago[dead]
- raspberry1337 4y agoAh yes, what source could be more trustworthy than SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL: ? Thank you!
- seper8 4y agoNo no, lets trust ANONYMOUS_!HACKERNEWS_USER_001 instead
- raspberry1337 4y ago[flagged]
- ag315 4y agoI can believe that they've been tracking it for awhile, but it is unlikely that they can easily shoot it down. We probably literally don't have the technical capacity to do so reliably at this time.
- xeromal 4y agoIt has been shot down.
- Zetobal 4y agoIf you Google part of his comment and add "Chinese spy balloon" to it you can find a plethora of articles. If I could choose between his and your petty little comment I would take his every time.
- raspberry1337 4y ago[flagged]
- Zetobal 4y agolmao to keep in style with ur theme
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- hhr 4y ago[dead]