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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:46:39 PM EDT
[#1]
Do we definitely know if it’s a shoot down?
What if this was a self-destruct? |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:46:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I saw a contrail go by under it a few seconds later. Probably the shooter. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: What did they hit it with? Looks like something clipped it at the bottom. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/433230/hit-2697957.png https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/433230/hit2-2697958.png I saw a contrail go by under it a few seconds later. Probably the shooter.  |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:46:45 PM EDT
[#3]
it looks like the payload dropped quickly right after the pop.
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:46:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 220 221. Whatever it takes Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The F-16s probably just took an extra engine with them up there, just in case. Seems like it would be standard contingency planning. 220 221. Whatever it takes  |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:46:59 PM EDT
[#5]
When was the last time a foreign country’s aircraft was shot down in US Airspace?
Isn’t this pretty monumental? |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:47:03 PM EDT
[#6]
Definitely a missile
The sensors were conveniently blowed up and dumped in the ocean |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:47:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The Ballon is either still up or there's a second one.... It's still falling. The envelope will take its sweet damn time. |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:47:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:47:22 PM EDT
[#9]
So f'n aggravating. No wreckage/no intel and that's not by accident.
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:47:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:47:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: What did they hit it with? Looks like something clipped it at the bottom. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/433230/hit-2697957.png https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/433230/hit2-2697958.png I saw a contrail go by under it a few seconds later. Probably the shooter. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/433230/contrail-2697962.png Yep that looks like it. |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:47:52 PM EDT
[#12]
Video of the take down
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:47:54 PM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That's why they waited. Can't have any evidence found by civilians. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have a winnner!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:47:56 PM EDT
[#14]
What a fuckin embarrassment…….
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:48:02 PM EDT
[#15]
Did the pilots bail out??
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:48:06 PM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Splash one commie balloon!!!  lol AFTER it had served it’s purpose. |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:48:16 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:48:36 PM EDT
[#18]
Nice after thought. Finally shot down after it just happens tk drift over Malmstrom and, ironically, close to Oak Ridge.
Prime work, Joe |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:48:38 PM EDT
[#19]
Right over my house. Beach living.. Only in a Biden America
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:48:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What dey shoot it with? 20 Mike Mike Edit. Guess not |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:48:58 PM EDT
[#21]
Wonder what was used. Explosion seemed very small and strategic.
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:49:05 PM EDT
[#22]
Good kill.
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:49:08 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Wonder if the school buses are going to be ok.  you win the internets!
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:49:14 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:49:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 20 Mike Mike Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: What dey shoot it with? 20 Mike Mike It was a missile
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:49:35 PM EDT
[#26]
Has Spain claimed it yet?
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:49:35 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryDon’t see a missile contrail…. 
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:49:40 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Video of the take down
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:49:54 PM EDT
[#29]
What’s it matter now? I’m sure everything’s already been transmitted back.
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:50:08 PM EDT
[#30]
video of shootdown - showing missile launch and interception
https://twitter.com/i/status/1621956823447207937 |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:50:11 PM EDT
[#31]
RIP Chinese Spy Balloon, I don't know what your take was, but it cannot compare to making Biden look like an idiot.
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:50:14 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Video of the take down
that was a missile |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:50:15 PM EDT
[#33]
When was the last time was shot down in US airspace?
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:50:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wonder what was used. Explosion seemed very small and strategic. The explosion shook are house. It was pretty good. |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:50:18 PM EDT
[#35]
It's being reported it was a F-22 that shot the missile(s)
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:50:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What did they hit it with? Probably an inert rocket of some sort. (winding that one back, proximity round ) |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:50:25 PM EDT
[#37]
Equipment definitely separated from the balloon. Falling at a different rate.
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:50:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So f'n aggravating. No wreckage/no intel and that's not by accident. Yep. Now all that's left is for the idiotic, self-praising, "We got it!" commentary from the gov. We really showed China. 
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:50:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's why they waited. Can't have any evidence found by civilians. Exactly. They'll probably won't even bother to attempt a recovery. If we can recover it, we'd be able to figure out exactly what intelligence it was gathering. Then the chorus would start that Biden should have shot it down weeks earlier. This isn't a 'Merica FUCK YEAH! moment. This is a cover up. |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:51:14 PM EDT
[#40]
America: -1
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:52:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It's being reported it was a F-22 that shot the missile(s) Doing what it was built to do. Shooting down commie aircraft
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:52:29 PM EDT
[#42]
Wait, they used a fucking missile?
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:52:38 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: you win the internets!Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Wonder if the school buses are going to be ok. you win the internets!Is this the standard talking point, or something? I just heard muh 3 school buses. |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:52:43 PM EDT
[#44]
The failure to recover hardware is a spectacular mistake by the administration.
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:52:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 20 Mike Mike Wouldn't the big trail be a plane and the small/fast trail be a rocket/missile/whats the difference? Funny how the best video is streaming from someone's phone on twitter. All the money in media and no one pointed a 5000x zoom at that bitch with a live feed? |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:53:01 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What a fuckin embarrassment……. Yep |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:53:11 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Doing what it was built to do. Shooting down commie aircraft Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: It's being reported it was a F-22 that shot the missile(s) Doing what it was built to do. Shooting down commie aircraft Hey now the F-22 has a kill! |
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:53:18 PM EDT
[#48]
The pilot gets bragging rights for a while I guess.
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:53:34 PM EDT
[#49]
Does pilot get to paint balloon kill on his plane?
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Posted: 2/4/2023 3:53:40 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Wait, they used a fucking missile? How else do you make sure nothing can be recovered? |
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