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Three stealth fighter jets just scrambled over Hawaii, and no one will say why

27 points by alexfromapex 5y ago

khartig 5y ago
Likely it had something to do with Chinese air force aircraft entering Taiwanese air defense locations. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-reports-largest-incursion-yet-by-chinese-air-force-2021-06-15/?utm_source=reddit.com https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-reports-la...
- x86_64Ubuntu 5y ago
  Hawaii is over 5,000 miles away from Taiwan...
  - genmud 5y ago
    Not saying it is related to Taiwan, but having planes up in the air before shit hits the fan is probably a wise move. Even if something happens really far away, its best to have patrols just in case.
    - sunstone 5y ago
      Precisely, it sucks to get caught with your planes down when the enemy attacks.
aliasEli 5y ago
Perhaps another UAP (UFO as they were previously called). There has been quite some publicity around them recently, which may lead to an increase in the number of reports.
- belter 5y ago
  There are 195 countries in the world. We are these UFOs only landing in the US ?
  - detaro 5y ago
    Maybe because whichever of the 195 countries is sending them is mostly interested in probing US defenses.
  - aliasEli 5y ago
    Maybe because on average the US citizens are more gullible and paranoid than those of other countries. (To be fair there have been UFO reports from other countries, but the US has an order of magnitude more)
  - deleted 5y ago
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  - bigpumpkin 5y ago
    China sees them https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3136078/china-military-uses-ai-track-rapidly-increasing-ufos https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3136078/chin...
okareaman 5y ago
I still wonder how it felt to be a Hawaiian and think I was going to die for 38 minutes. What would I do? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Hawaii_false_missile_alert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Hawaii_false_missile_aler...
aaron695 5y ago
https://mobile.twitter.com/CBSWalsh/status/1404837085576585217 https://mobile.twitter.com/CBSWalsh/status/14048370855765852... Russia prob?
mrlonglong 5y ago
I'd say it might be due to the exercises China and Russia are carrying out in the Pacific
coolspot 5y ago
It is because of Russian navy & bombers exercise 500 mi from Hawaii. FAA was alerted because there are some unexpected planes near Hawaii civil air routes. Military & FAA don’t say that because it doesn’t sound good before Biden-Putin meeting. https://www.rt.com/russia/526217-pacific-fleet-start-drills/ https://www.rt.com/russia/526217-pacific-fleet-start-drills/

27 points by alexfromapex 5y ago

Likely it had something to do with Chinese air force aircraft entering Taiwanese air defense locations. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-reports-largest-incursion-yet-by-chinese-air-force-2021-06-15/?utm_source=reddit.com https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-reports-la...

x86_64Ubuntu 5y ago
Hawaii is over 5,000 miles away from Taiwan...
- genmud 5y ago
  Not saying it is related to Taiwan, but having planes up in the air before shit hits the fan is probably a wise move. Even if something happens really far away, its best to have patrols just in case.
  - sunstone 5y ago
    Precisely, it sucks to get caught with your planes down when the enemy attacks.

aliasEli 5y ago

Perhaps another UAP (UFO as they were previously called). There has been quite some publicity around them recently, which may lead to an increase in the number of reports.

belter 5y ago
There are 195 countries in the world. We are these UFOs only landing in the US ?
- detaro 5y ago
  Maybe because whichever of the 195 countries is sending them is mostly interested in probing US defenses.
- aliasEli 5y ago
  Maybe because on average the US citizens are more gullible and paranoid than those of other countries. (To be fair there have been UFO reports from other countries, but the US has an order of magnitude more)
- deleted 5y ago
  [deleted]
- bigpumpkin 5y ago
  China sees them https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3136078/china-military-uses-ai-track-rapidly-increasing-ufos https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3136078/chin...

okareaman 5y ago

I still wonder how it felt to be a Hawaiian and think I was going to die for 38 minutes. What would I do? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Hawaii_false_missile_alert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Hawaii_false_missile_aler...

aaron695 5y ago

https://mobile.twitter.com/CBSWalsh/status/1404837085576585217 https://mobile.twitter.com/CBSWalsh/status/14048370855765852... Russia prob?

mrlonglong 5y ago

I'd say it might be due to the exercises China and Russia are carrying out in the Pacific

coolspot 5y ago

It is because of Russian navy & bombers exercise 500 mi from Hawaii. FAA was alerted because there are some unexpected planes near Hawaii civil air routes. Military & FAA don’t say that because it doesn’t sound good before Biden-Putin meeting. https://www.rt.com/russia/526217-pacific-fleet-start-drills/ https://www.rt.com/russia/526217-pacific-fleet-start-drills/