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Title: First Sidewinder Missile Targeting Object Over Lake Huron Missed At Cost Of $400,000
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URL Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/political ... over-lake-huron-400000-missile
Published: Feb 14, 2023
Author: TYLER DURDEN
Post Date: 2023-02-14 11:22:30 by Ada
Keywords: None
Views: 217
Comments: 4

A fourth airborne object which strayed into US airspace on Sunday afternoon over Lake Huron resulted in the Pentagon scrambling a F-16 fighter jet, as these potential balloons have been deemed hazardous to civilian aviation.

But what US defense officials described as an unidentified "octagonal" object wasn't taken down so easily, with the first Sidewinder missile fired from the F-16 reportedly missing its target. Each AIM-9x Sidewinder missile costs the American taxpayers a cool $400,000.

Image via The Drive/DoD "The first Sidewinder heat-seeking missile missed the target," a US official confirmed. It's additionally unclear where that errant missile ultimately landed. Another obvious question is why an advanced heat- seeking missile would have to be deployed at all, and not another weapon.

According to details released in a Pentagon briefing, it was the fourth object to be shot down since the Feb.4 downing of the alleged Chinese spycraft off the South Carolina coast:

None of the debris from the object has been found in the lake, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Monday. The Defense Department, or DOD, said President Biden, just before 2:42 p.m., directed an F-16 to fire an AIM- 9x missile to shoot down an airborne object flying at nearly 20,000 feet over Lake Huron.

From all of those intercept incidents, the US and Canadian militaries are still working to recover all of the downed debris, in order to analyze it, with active recovery operations still ensuing in Alaska, Canada, South Carolina, and Michigan.

As for the first 'spy' balloon being recovered in the Atlantic, officials say a significant portion of the balloon's undercarriage - believed to contain surveillance equipment - has been recovered as of Monday.

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#1. To: All (#0)

Goose getting suspicious this F-18 is following him

Ada  posted on  2023-02-14   11:24:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Ada (#0)

All American made military hardware is grossly overpriced. Gov contracts do that.

Pinguinite  posted on  2023-02-14   11:41:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Pinguinite, Ada, all (#2)

A C-130 gunship could have punched a few holes in the balloon and then escorted it safely down to earth completely intact. Just sayin'.

“ On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. ” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2023-02-14   12:22:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Lod (#3)

Maybe it could if the target is 20,000 feet. No way a C-130 could reach 60,000 or 40,000 feet.

Apparently, however, there was a rogue weather balloon incident from Canada about 15-20 years ago and the air force fired 1000 rounds at it and failed to seriously damage it. Same happened with the UK air force. Seems the rounds have a blunt edge to them and the balloon fabric was just not having any of it, or much of it at least. They need new ammo for balloons, it seems.

Pinguinite  posted on  2023-02-14   13:08:18 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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