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US shoots down ‘high-altitude object’ over Alaska, White House says

ClaraD said:
Alaska's weather patterns and wind changes daily...sometimes by the hour...and those balloons tend to move pretty fast...it got across the entire US in 3 days.
I suppose you would love it if it downed a plane.
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You should probably read more information about this. It wasn’t a balloon - in fact they were explicit that it was not the size or shape of the recent balloon and are not willing to refer to it as a balloon. They described it as a cylindrical, silvery, object the size of a car moving at fast speeds that appeared to be unmanned and without a propulsion system. Pilots have reported seeing such objects for decades and have never collided with one.
 
ClaraD said:
yeah, that is so remember 9-11?
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I remember it vividly. Do you think the scrambled fighters were just popping off missiles at unidentified radar blips? :rolleyes:
 
Cardinal said:
Okay, then the object was identified and you can rest easy. If you don't accept their claim that it was unmanned then you don't have to accept the claim that it was unidentified.

That said, thanks for the admission that you're not here to debate in good faith.
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YOu need a few good faith debates under your belt, Cardinal, before you can start slinging accusations. I mean, I didn't even make manned or unmanned an essential part of the issue with shooting at unidentified objects. That was your straw man.
 
ClaraD said:
He is saying Artic like it is Antarctica and it isn't...it is Alaska we are talking about....they have flights all over Alaska because it is the easiest method of moving supplies.
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Napoleon said:
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You didn’t answer the questions. There are no flight paths anywhere near where this object was.

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Yes there are.

And even if there weren't, should they wait until a collision is imminent? You're not making any good points. They are pretty terrible.
 
jmotivator said:
YOu need a few good faith debates under your belt, Cardinal, before you can start slinging accusations. I mean, I didn't even make manned or unmanned an essential part of the issue with shooting at unidentified objects. That was your straw man.
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But you rejected the unmanned claim anyway for no reason other than it made it less easy to attack Biden.
 
Napoleon said:
You should probably read more information about this. It wasn’t a balloon - in fact they were explicit that it was not the size or shape of the recent balloon and are not willing to refer to it as a balloon. They described it as a cylindrical, silvery, object the size of a car moving at fast speeds that appeared to be unmanned and without a propulsion system. Pilots have reported seeing such objects for decades and have never collided with one.
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Link to exactly what it was? I doubt you know.
 
jmotivator said:
I remember it vividly. Do you think the scrambled fighters were just popping off missiles at unidentified radar blips? :rolleyes:
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The fighters didn't down anything on 9/11, they will now....if you are in our airspace without permission they go and look...if you are a threat you are shot out of the air...and that includes airliners that are loaded with people.
 
ClaraD said:
The fighters didn't down anything on 9/11, they will now....if you are in our airspace without permission they go and look...if you are a threat you are shot out of the air...and that includes airliners that are loaded with people.
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You can stop shooting your argument, it's already dead.

Weird that the same rules didn't apply to an identified Chinese spy balloon, isn't it? Why didn't Joe shoot it while it was entering Alaskan air space, rather than leaving South Carolina air space? :unsure:
 
jmotivator said:
You can stop shooting your argument, it's already dead.

Weird that the same rules didn't apply to an identified Chinese spy balloon, isn't it?
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the military said that the object at 65000 ft was not a danger to anyone on the ground and that if it was shot down it could become a danger...it was over land, not water...and as soon as it came to a lower altitude and was over water, they shot it down. You really think our military is incompetent and that is sad.
 
Cardinal said:
But you rejected the unmanned claim anyway for no reason other than it made it less easy to attack Biden.
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Yeah, I'm free to critique your straw men while you punch them.
 
jmotivator said:
Yeah, I'm free to critique your straw men while you punch them.
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You were under no obligation to take on the position that the unmanned claim was false, but you did anyway. You just couldn't help yourself.
 
“We’re going to remain vigilant about our airspace,” he added. “The president takes his obligations to protect our national security interests as paramount.”

LOL

except at the southern border
and Afghanistan debacle
and when China sends surveillance balloon across the USA
 
gbg3 said:
We do seem to have an epidemic!
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Wow! Joe is so decisive and strong. LOL. He's a joke. So shooting this one down on the west coast just puts the lie to the administrations explanation of why they let the other fly across the country. I'm sure Xi told him to behave.
 
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