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U-2 pilot's selfie above China's balloon taken over Missouri

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Re: U-2 pilot's selfie above China's balloon taken over Missouri

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Post by jxf »

MonkeyMalarky wrote: post #3
arriu wrote: post #2

Has anyone seen a better photo of the balloon?

This article has the best we'll probably ever get to see: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/our-best-look-yet-at-t...

That setup is wild. It's pretty ridiculous to claim this was a civilian balloon.

Re: U-2 pilot's selfie above China's balloon taken over Missouri

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Post by cgb223 »

arriu wrote: post #2

Has anyone seen a better photo of the balloon?

This is the only picture of the balloon fully intact that exists

The reason we sent a U2 Spy plane of all things after it is because it’s about the only plane we have still in service that can fly all the way up to 60,000 ft where the balloon was at the time

Re: U-2 pilot's selfie above China's balloon taken over Missouri

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Post by hokumguru »

jxf wrote: post #4
MonkeyMalarky wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This article has the best we'll probably ever get to see: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/our-best-look-yet-at-t...

That setup is wild. It's pretty ridiculous to claim this was a civilian balloon.

This one most assuredly was not, but some of the other objects they've shot down recently are plausible.

Re: U-2 pilot's selfie above China's balloon taken over Missouri

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Post by themodelplumber »

MonkeyMalarky wrote: post #3
arriu wrote: post #2

Has anyone seen a better photo of the balloon?

This article has the best we'll probably ever get to see: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/our-best-look-yet-at-t...

It was pretty surprising to see the four propeller hubs identified from the photo.

This balloon seems like one hell of an interesting platform in its way; hope we see some really good infographics soon.

Re: U-2 pilot's selfie above China's balloon taken over Missouri

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Post by ceejayoz »

cgb223 wrote: post #5
arriu wrote: post #2

Has anyone seen a better photo of the balloon?

This is the only picture of the balloon fully intact that exists The reason we sent a U2 Spy plane of all things after it is because it’s about the only plane we have still in service that can fly all the way up to 60,000 ft where the balloon was at the time

> Although points for style shooting down a spy balloon with a spy plane

An F-22 was used for the shoot down.

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