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A flight of 2 F-22 and a $400,000 Sidewinder wasted. Wouldn't an F-16 with guns work? (plus, if you fire to the balloon itself, the payload would be in better shape than if you blast it with a missile).
What I am not sure is what heat signal would have the Sidewinder sought? Sun reflection?
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Originally posted by Gabriel View PostA flight of 2 F-22 and a $400,000 Sidewinder wasted.
I agree though. They missed a great opportunity for gunnery practice.
My theory: someone with a fully-formed brain pulled the guns out of those things to jettison deadweight.
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I’m pissed that I didn’t go looking for it. I understand that Flyover America is an earned nickname. I think some friends took Jetphotos, but probably got rejected by the screeners.Les règles de l'aviation de base découragent de longues périodes de dur tirer vers le haut.
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Originally posted by 3WE View PostI’m pissed that I didn’t go looking for it. I understand that Flyover America is an earned nickname. I think some friends took Jetphotos, but probably got rejected by the screeners.
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Originally posted by Gabriel View PostA flight of 2 F-22 and a $400,000 Sidewinder wasted. Wouldn't an F-16 with guns work? (plus, if you fire to the balloon itself, the payload would be in better shape than if you blast it with a missile).
What I am not sure is what heat signal would have the Sidewinder sought? Sun reflection?
more importantly, as the canadians and several other countries learned back in 1998, high altitude baloons are pretty much unimpressed with gun/canon shots.
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Originally posted by TeeVee View Postit just may have something to do with the altitude of the balloon (60k-65k) and the f-16's lower max operating altitude. while the f22 has a higher max alt, apparently not high enough to get lined up for a canon run from above.
more importantly, as the canadians and several other countries learned back in 1998, high altitude baloons are pretty much unimpressed with gun/canon shots.
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for whatever reason, the gun run is best being from above, i'm not a fighter pilot so dont know.
the canadians and others peppered the hell out of their balloon and it stayed aloft for days--even gained altitude. uncle sam wanted this balloon to drop in shallow coastal waters to make recovery and theoretically proving that the chinese lied about it being a weather balloon...
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