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Why couldn’t the Canadian airforce take down a slow moving air balloon
by zaphirplane 4y ago
Why couldn’t the Canadian airforce take down a slow moving air balloon
- bandyaboot 4y agoWell he doesn’t say that it’s a slow moving air balloon. But, I’m guessing it’s simply a matter of the US F-22(s) got there first (they’re quite fast).
- Rapzid 4y agoWhy waste the munitions if the US is willing?
- tamaharbor 4y ago$450k per missile.
- kleene_op 4y agoCouldn't the US force use a laser, like the one they used during their demo for intercepting missiles?
- ianburrell 4y agoThe YAL-1 was a test platform mounting laser on 747. It was retired in 2014. The US is further developing airborne lasers but still working on prototype.
- HWR_14 4y agoPossibly. But it's worth wasting a few missiles if it doesn't let the Chinese know that. Let them waste their money making a balloon armada, and if war breaks out zap them all with a laser.
- lalaland1125 4y agoThe flying object was shot down over northern Canada where the Alaska airbase is closer than the Canadian alternatives (most of Canada's population and airbases are in southern Canada).
- kejaed 4y agoCold Lake, Alberta is one of the two permanent bases for CF-18s, not terribly southern.
- __turbobrew__ 4y agoYou realize that Cold Lake is over 1000km from the closest part of the Yukon? If the UFO was near the alaska border it would be nearly 2000km from cold lake. Eielson afb is less than 500km from the Yukon border. Also the F-22 can super cruise whereas the F-18 cannot.
- kejaed 4y agoYou realize the distance Cold Lake is from the Yukon doesn’t have a whole lot to do with how southern Cold Lake is relative to the rest of Canada right? There’s a reason the base is where it is. I’m well aware of the CF-188 or F/A-18’s capabilities (or lack thereof compared to the F-22), from when I worked on them, sometimes in Cold Lake. ;)
- __turbobrew__ 4y agoI was born in Cold Lake so now I have just as useless of a claim to knowledge as you do
- kejaed 4y agoWe both win! Or lose.
- __turbobrew__ 4y agoBeing born in Cold Lake is definitely a loss lol
- parasubvert 4y ago2500km away from the Yukon.
- zaphirplane 4y agoWhat’s with the hate. It’s a legitimate question. Canada is a developed country and RCAF has f18 and budget to train pilots Surely it stands out that the prime minister asked another country to enter the Canadian airspace to shoot down an object. I mean wouldn’t a politician consider the optics