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Old 02-18-2023, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by MrLonzo View Post
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?
That’s exactly what I said!