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I wonder why they didn't just use 20mm.

• dragonwriter 4y ago
  > I wonder why they didn't just use 20mm. Canada tried that once, with poor results. https://news.yahoo.com/weather-balloon-went-rogue-almost-161314996.html https://news.yahoo.com/weather-balloon-went-rogue-almost-161...
  • shrimp_emoji 4y ago
    Real footage of the interception: https://youtu.be/Zb03buggCcw?t=1596 https://youtu.be/Zb03buggCcw?t=1596
• sabujp 4y ago
  F22 service ceiling 50k ft, M61A2 vulcan 20mm effective range 2000ft, balloon was at 60k ft
• hstaab 4y ago
  Those 20mm will land… somewhere
• HybridCurve 4y ago
  Ceiling for F-22 is 'above 50k' feet. I think the balloon was at 60k.