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Old 02-18-2023, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by hjbeck View Post
hey it’s the military, cost isn’t an issue and it’s good target practice. 😆 agree with you. 100 rounds of 50 caliber will bring it down fast enough to control where it comes down, plus help preserve the package they want to evaluate.
once the decision was made to bring it down over our territorial waters small caliber weapons were no longer a viable option. You may have noticed there was no fiery explosion. A dummy missile sans warhead was deployed