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> NORAD sent aircraft — including F-22 Raptors from Nellis Air Force Base Financially speaking, China won this sortie. It's $33k/flight hour for one F-22.
by 1970-01-01 4y ago
> NORAD sent aircraft — including F-22 Raptors from Nellis Air Force Base
Financially speaking, China won this sortie. It's $33k/flight hour for one F-22.
- anigbrowl 4y agoThat's pocket change compared to the strategic value. I find it odd that they're citing a threat to life when the thing is apparently in the region of Montana, one of the least populated parts of the US/Canada.
- mytailorisrich 4y agoI suspect the real reason is that shooting down a Chinese aircraft over the US would immediately make the whole situation reach crisis level and they want to avoid that if they can.
- anigbrowl 4y agoMeh if it's unmanned there isn't really an issue.
- mytailorisrich 4y agoShooting down an aircraft is shooting down an aircraft. Over the continental US, no less.