The F-22 has gone from zero kills to two in under a week.
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US jet shoots down unknown object flying off Alaska coast
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#32They didn't let this one hang for a few days to finish its torrent seeding?
Their private tracker ratio is at an acceptable level now.
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#33> An F-22 fighter jet shot down the object using an A9X missile
What a waste if $200k, shooting Chinese baloons. These shold be zapped using lasers.
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#34"Not sure what the object was"
"Shot Down using an Aim9x"
That actually narrows it down a bit. Heat seeking warhead.
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#35The F-22 has gone from zero kills to two in under a week.
Now even with the number of fatalities in the F-22's flight history, I believe.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd say it feels like a return to the era of cold war tensions but I wouldn't know, I was born around when the Berlin Wall fell. What say you older HNers, is this what it was like?
The Cold War had expectations, guardrails, rules. Those don't exist in the current setup. China didn't even pick up the emergency hotline in the first balloon crisis.
So... it's worse?
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#37> An F-22 fighter jet shot down the object using an A9X missile What a waste if $200k, shooting Chinese baloons. These shold be zapped using lasers.
Lots of zaps needed. But I guess if you cut a big enough line (or circle) it’ll do the job.
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#38Why are they calling it an object. It seems like a huge deal what kind of "object" this was. Was it another balloon? Missile? Private plane? How could they not know, and if they do know, why would they not say? Edit - this video isn't loading for me, but I've just watched what I assume is the same briefing on Twitter. They have a pilot assessment that the object was unmanned - but they can't tell us balloon, missile,…
"Object was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight" and "Object the size of a small car" [1] according to General Ryder No details beyond this yet due to classification restrictions. [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=544hoprTeTw
John Kirby of the National Security Council said he would not call it a balloon, according to NBC News. What was it then?
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Cold War had expectations, guardrails, rules. Those don't exist in the current setup. China didn't even pick up the emergency hotline in the first balloon crisis.
So... it's worse?
Honestly, I've been watching this unfold since 2012 and the point where we are now is pretty bleak. Unless something intervenes to change the course of where things are going, we're headed for a bad place. It's bleak to the point where experts on both sides (Chinese and US) seem resigned to conflict.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Object was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight" and "Object the size of a small car" [1] according to General Ryder No details beyond this yet due to classification restrictions. [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=544hoprTeTw
John Kirby of the National Security Council said he would not call it a balloon, according to NBC News. What was it then?
A drone of some sort, something with an engine if they used a heat seeking missile.