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Wouldn't several cannon shots through the ballon brought it down slowly over Montana where it could have been completely recovered and not after it gathered intelligence?
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Pure speculation - a one second burst of 20mm would be about 100 rounds, maybe a balloon wouldn't be a substantial enough target to detonate the rounds, and maybe they didn't want 100 or so live explosive/incendiary rounds coming down on friendly territory.
Apparently the balloons did have enough return to detonate the Sidewinder's proximity fuse.
Or maybe default is "missiles first"?
Again - pure speculation.
Last edited by MikeL2; 02/14/23.
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A laser might have been useful.
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Pure speculation - a one second burst of 20mm would be about 100 rounds, maybe a balloon wouldn't be a substantial enough target to detonate the rounds, and maybe they didn't want 100 or so live explosive/incendiary rounds coming down on friendly territory.
Apparently the balloons did have enough return to detonate the Sidewinder's proximity fuse.
Or maybe default is "missiles first"?
Again - pure speculation. We think the same, with the military gps ability there is no reason for them to not know where the 20mm bullets will end up on the ground...mb
" Cheapest velocity in the world comes from a long barrel and I sure do like them. MB "
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