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Originally Posted by Whitley
My point is that the first object was over 60,000 ft high, and as such a missile was needed. The reason I would propose is that the F22 has a ceiling height of 60,000 feet. We would be pushing the envelope of the planes abilities. The next three unknown aerial objects were at or below 40,000 feet. Can someone explain why we could not have used a 50cal to shoot these three down?
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I suspect there are three reasons:
1. These balloons are not like kids balloons, you can't pop them with a pin which is what a 50 cal. round would be like. A nearby explosion was needed to shred the balloon sufficiently.
2. Those rounds need to land somewhere. Even if they hit the balloon they would continue to travel outward. The last thing the military needs is a headline about the house/car/pet/person the rounds hit on the way down.
3. The planes would not need to be nearly as close to the object to hit it with a missile.
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