Victory lap for shooting down a Chinese balloon over the country after it has gone clear across it??
Feb 6, 2023 09:51:09 #
nwtk2007
Loc: Texas
Had it been an EMP device, I guess they would have had plenty of time to set it off, shut down the grid and launch against us.
His incompetence and that of our military leadership continues!!
His incompetence and that of our military leadership continues!!
Feb 6, 2023 10:02:18 #
nwtk2007 wrote:
Had it been an EMP device, I guess they would have had plenty of time to set it off, shut down the grid and launch against us.
His incompetence and that of our military leadership continues!!
His incompetence and that of our military leadership continues!!
AND. And remember from Science Class just how much damage salt water does to electronics and electronic parts.
I dont think very much information will be extracted from this device.
Feb 6, 2023 10:04:58 #
nwtk2007
Loc: Texas
Weasel wrote:
AND. And remember from Science Class just how much damage salt water does to electronics and electronic parts.
I dont think very much information will be extracted from this device.
I dont think very much information will be extracted from this device.
Oh, they'll make something up to placate the masses but you can be sure it won't be the t***h.
Feb 6, 2023 10:06:39 #
nwtk2007 wrote:
Had it been an EMP device, I guess they would have had plenty of time to set it off, shut down the grid and launch against us.
His incompetence and that of our military leadership continues!!
His incompetence and that of our military leadership continues!!
FJB….always leading from behind!
Feb 6, 2023 10:12:11 #
nwtk2007
Loc: Texas
steve66613 wrote:
FJB….always leading from behind!
From behind and with his behind! LOL!
China's f**ed anger is a hoot. They got exactly what they wanted. They wanted to see what would happen if they floated a device thru our airspace. And now, if it really is just a weather device when the next one floats "accidentally" over, I'm thinking Biden won't shoot it down. But he'd better!!
The thing would have to pass American waters to get over land. Plenty of time to shoot it down before it could hit some poor farmer out in BFE.
Feb 6, 2023 10:26:11 #
The debris feild of the balloon was 7 miles. Can you imagine this over any part of America on land? It fell 60,000 feet. Falling at 32 ft per second per second it was probably going faster than the speed of sound when it hit the ocean. Keep this in mind. The Chinese sre constantly surveling us. If the balloon was a threat, it would have gone down over Montana.
Remember that there were at least 4 other balloons that had fly bys. It was only this one that made it into the media. If it hadn't been spotted by civilians I think it would be over the Mid-Atlantic today.
Remember that there were at least 4 other balloons that had fly bys. It was only this one that made it into the media. If it hadn't been spotted by civilians I think it would be over the Mid-Atlantic today.
Feb 6, 2023 10:28:33 #
nwtk2007
Loc: Texas
pegw wrote:
The debris feild of the balloon was 7 miles. Can you imagine this over any part of America in land? It fell 60,000 feet. Falling at 32 ft per second per second it was probably going faster than the speed of sound when it hit the ocean. Keep this in mind. The Chinese sre constantly surveling us. If the balloon was a threat, it would have gone down over Montana.
Why not Alaska? Why not when it first went over our air space in American waters??
Feb 6, 2023 10:35:10 #
pegw wrote:
The debris feild of the balloon was 7 miles. Can y... (show quote)
It would have been fine over parts of Montana or Alaska.
Feb 6, 2023 10:43:40 #
nwtk2007
Loc: Texas
son of witless wrote:
It would have been fine over parts of Montana or Alaska.
And the balloon was not a threat. The thing h*****g from the balloon was the threat and it's debris field would not be no six miles.
Feb 6, 2023 10:49:13 #
nwtk2007
Loc: Texas
pegw wrote:
The debris feild of the balloon was 7 miles. Can y... (show quote)
And if true, then why shoot this one down??
Feb 6, 2023 12:44:54 #
Exactly, we spend BILLIONS of future tax payer debt dollars every year, and we can't detect or stop a fricking balloon? 😳
SMMFH.
SMMFH.
Feb 6, 2023 13:27:47 #
nwtk2007 wrote:
And the balloon was not a threat. The thing h*****g from the balloon was the threat and it's debris field would not be no six miles.
Shouldn't our military develop an aircraft that could safely capture spy balloons ? It would be too high for a helicopter to get a line on it and d**g it down, but couldn't the jet fighters have just put a couple of bullets in it to let it slowly deflate and come down slowly ?
Capturing this intact would be more valuable than what we did.
Feb 7, 2023 09:19:55 #
padremike
Loc: Phenix City, Al
pegw wrote:
The debris feild of the balloon was 7 miles. Can y... (show quote)
With air resistance acting on an object that has been dropped, the object will eventually reach a terminal velocity, which is around 53 m/s (190 km/h or 118 mph. No speed of sound, peg, which is 761mph at sea level on a normal day. I believe I heard that the missile we used needed a solid target hence the payload of the balloon is what was hit. I expect if true it was deliberate making it almost impossible to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.
Feb 7, 2023 16:03:00 #
padremike wrote:
With air resistance acting on an object that has been dropped, the object will eventually reach a terminal velocity, which is around 53 m/s (190 km/h or 118 mph. No speed of sound, peg, which is 761mph at sea level on a normal day. I believe I heard that the missile we used needed a solid target hence the payload of the balloon is what was hit. I expect if true it was deliberate making it almost impossible to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.
Are you saying the Biden Administration deliberately did not want to know things about the Chinese spy balloon ?
Feb 7, 2023 16:24:32 #
padremike
Loc: Phenix City, Al
son of witless wrote:
Are you saying the Biden Administration deliberately did not want to know things about the Chinese spy balloon ?
Actually, I was responding to peg's comment about the speed of sound. However, my understanding is the missile used needed a solid object to target. So Brandon's mob evidently blew it up in many pieces. Why?
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