What the aliens are saying
Feb 16, 2023 17:42:45 #
Feb 16, 2023 18:14:37 #
JFlorio wrote:
Can't imagine a "gatling gun" not taking out a balloon. Most inept administration in my lifetime. these guys make Jimmy Carter look like a genius.
You do not have to imagine. Just look up the august 1998 example of a pair of Canadian CF-18 fighters expending over 1000 rounds of 20mm cannon ammo against a large weather balloon over Newfoundland. Not enough mass in the balloon canopy to detonate the cannon ammo. A high altitude balloon canopy is not pressurized like a kid’s party balloon. So when you punch a bunch of relatively small holes in it the helium just slowly leaks out. It drifted another 700 miles before it finally came down. So that method is a proven bad idea.
Feb 16, 2023 18:16:53 #
Feb 16, 2023 18:17:41 #
JFlorio
Loc: Seminole Florida
Good to know. Thanks.
Nelson7 wrote:
You do not have to imagine. Just look up the augus... (show quote)
Feb 16, 2023 18:41:57 #
JFlorio
Loc: Seminole Florida
The real proven bad idea was idiot Joes administration allowing the thing to cross the country.
Nelson7 wrote:
You do not have to imagine. Just look up the augus... (show quote)
Feb 16, 2023 18:42:45 #
AuntiE wrote:
One has to wonder why the guns on the jets were not utilized. Would they not have accomplished the same thing?
No, the pertinent example is the 1998 instance where a pair of Canadian CF-18 fighters expended over 1000 rounds of 20mm cannon ammo against a rogue high altitude balloon over Newfoundland. There is not enough mass in the balloon canopy to detonate the cannon shell so they just punched smaller than one inch holes in the balloon. The helium is not pressurized like a kid’s toy balloon so it just slooowly migrates out the holes. In this example it drifted over 700 miles more before it finally came down. Not good enough. It is good to learn from history.
Feb 16, 2023 18:56:57 #
JFlorio
Loc: Seminole Florida
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/heres-why-the-usaf-f-22-used-the-aim-9x-rather-than-the-gun-to-shoot-down-the-chinese-spy-balloon-and-why-the-sidewinder-dont-need-to-see-something-hot-in-order-to/amp/
Nelson7 wrote:
No, the pertinent example is the 1998 instance whe... (show quote)
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