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Thread: Chinese Spy Balloon over Montana

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    Quote Originally Posted by P2Vaircrewman View Post
    Correct me if I am wrong but I think the Aim 9 is a heat seeker, what would the heat source on the balloon be. AIM 120 is radar guided.
    Actually at that altitude a big white balloon would be the hottest thing in the sky reflecting sunlight and heat. The atmosphere at 60,000 feet is around -70 Fahrenheit
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    I have it on good authority it was an Uber Eats balloon, laden with a 200lb warhead of fried rice and chow mein.

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    The Media is controlled against us.
    The Agencies within our Federal Government are controlled against us.
    Our President refuses to control our Borders or our Airspace.
    It would appear that the upper levels of our Military are either totally incompetant or in on the deal with all of the above.

    Just an observation from the middle of Texas.

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    ^^ A shared view.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gaijin View Post
    ^^ A shared view.
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    Quote Originally Posted by chuckman View Post
    Yep. Just a bit further east is an air corridor the Navy and AF use for dogfighting.
    Yeah, they put on a decent show like a month ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by P2Vaircrewman View Post
    Correct me if I am wrong but I think the Aim 9 is a heat seeker, what would the heat source on the balloon be. AIM 120 is radar guided.
    9x has an imaging seeker also. This what it can see:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Artos View Post

    100% Plagiarized from Ward Carroll.

    Edited out all credits.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tn1911 View Post
    Actually at that altitude a big white balloon would be the hottest thing in the sky reflecting sunlight and heat. The atmosphere at 60,000 feet is around -70 Fahrenheit
    But it missed.

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    What are the flight dynamics of a ballon like that? Does it go higher or lower in the day vs the night? It was pretty low in the range of altitudes cited, so is that the normal cycle, or were the ChiComs lowering it since it was done? Or had the envelope lost some helium umph and was not capable of higher flight?
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    It's that simple.

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