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mist_consecutive

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The whole things reeks of propaganda...i wont be surprised if few year down the line some report comes out that the yanks deliberately paraded the thing around the nation for one thing or the other
Actually, the opposite, reports are coming the US already knew of the spy balloon but kept it under the cover so that Sec. Blinken's visit to China doesn't get postponed. This current Democrat govt. is a massive Chinese cocksukers.

 

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Actually, the opposite, reports are coming the US already knew of the spy balloon but kept it under the cover so that Sec. Blinken's visit to China doesn't get postponed. This current Democrat govt. is a massive Chinese cocksukers.

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F22 was used because the ballon was at 65000 feet, only the F15C is the only other US fighter plane that can fly that high. F22 real service ceiling and top speed is still classified, probably higher then F15.

According to pentagon the F22 launched its Aim-9X at 58000 feet.
 

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The Americans aren't going to win a war with China if they used an F-22 to take down a bloody balloon.
Interesting that they used F22s really. AFAIK, all F22s are in Alaska, Florida or Langley- nowhere close to Montana. And they also were not worried about a RADAR payload on the balloon getting the F22's RADAR signatures.
 

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