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This was denied as being known by the military presser, and the general involved also made the ridiculous claim that they shot it down entirely to prevent an ac
by gfodor 4y ago
This was denied as being known by the military presser, and the general involved also made the ridiculous claim that they shot it down entirely to prevent an accident to civilian air traffic.
- albrewer 4y agoAt 20k feet, that's solidly in the middle of everyday commercial air traffic.
- gfodor 4y agoUnderstood, but is it reasonable to say that any car sized balloon floating at 20k ft is now worthy of a military response?
- mock-possum 4y agoIf it’s occupying airspace illegally, without a license to operate or a flight plan, without any means of control or contract, where it might become a deadly obstacle to legitimate air vehicles? Who else but the military would enforce that kind of thing? The cops?
- gfodor 4y agoNo I’m saying we seemed to live in a world where this was tolerated without incident literally until this week.