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Originally Posted by MrLonzo
I've been wondering, and I've never heard this asked in the media -- why is it necessary to use a $400,000 missile to take down a high altitude balloon? Couldn't a small puncture using a low caliber bullet be more effective to provide a slow descent with a soft landing thereby providing easy recovery of relatively intact evidence?
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Short answer: Absolutely, we had cheaper alternatives!!
I have no idea why we did bot use them. This action was like using a shotgun to swat a fly!!!