funhusker Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Archy1221 said: Good catch. Makes Georgie look even dumber for his post Yeah….not really. You should probably just move on to your next “ “. 2 1 3 Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 21 minutes ago, funhusker said: Yeah….not really. You should probably just move on to your next “ “. You mean like being outraged about spelling balloon wrong 1 Link to comment
commando Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 1 minute ago, Archy1221 said: You mean like being outraged about spelling balloon wrong there is a difference between outrage and laughing at someone. 2 4 Link to comment
funhusker Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Archy1221 said: You mean like being outraged about spelling balloon wrong No. Being outraged by that would be silly. 2 1 Link to comment
Guy Chamberlin Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 20 hours ago, Archy1221 said: It is funny sometimes when people make spelling mistakes trying to dunk on others like Jr. was. It’s also funny to see George not understand it would be balloon and not Balloon. Also, he shouldn’t be capitalizing every word in his sentence if he’s doing the grammar thingy Boy, you really had to stretch to find a distraction in this GOP s#!tshow. 1 Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Just now, Guy Chamberlin said: Boy, you really had to stretch to find a distraction in this GOP s#!tshow. Hey, I’m on your side. The balloon/Balloon/baloon/“balloon” (however we are doing it) story was much ado about nothing as far as we are all concerned here on Huskerboard. s#!t…we got a spring game with a new coaching staff to worry about. 1 Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 I’m going to ask a silly question. Wouldn’t it have been better to use the guns rather than a missile to bring down the balloon? Tear a few holes in the balloon so it descends more gently. Easier to retrieve intact and fewer pieces in a narrower area? I’m guessing the answer is that guns aren’t as accurate as a heat seeking missile. But it just seems like that would’ve been worth an attempt. IDK. Link to comment
commando Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 33 minutes ago, JJ Husker said: I’m going to ask a silly question. Wouldn’t it have been better to use the guns rather than a missile to bring down the balloon? Tear a few holes in the balloon so it descends more gently. Easier to retrieve intact and fewer pieces in a narrower area? I’m guessing the answer is that guns aren’t as accurate as a heat seeking missile. But it just seems like that would’ve been worth an attempt. IDK. they fired from a few thousand feet below the balloon. not sure how accurate the cannons might have been at that distance. the balloon was about 66,000 feet and the f-22 caps out at 60,000 edit to add....they wanted to bring it down within the 12 miles range of our borders. and the balloon was traveling very fast at that altitude. they only had a few minutes to bring it down in our soveriegn waters 1 Link to comment
teachercd Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 5 minutes ago, commando said: they fired from a few thousand feet below the balloon. not sure how accurate the cannons might have been at that distance. the balloon was about 66,000 feet and the f-22 caps out at 60,000 edit to add....they wanted to bring it down within the 12 miles range of our borders. and the balloon was traveling very fast at that altitude. they only had a few minutes to bring it down in our soveriegn waters Maverick would have got that F-22 to 66,000 feet! 5 Link to comment
commando Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Just now, teachercd said: Maverick would have got that F-22 to 66,000 feet! luke skywalker would have used the force to bring it down 1 Link to comment
teachercd Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 minute ago, commando said: luke skywalker would have used the force to bring it down First he would have thought it was too big...but Yoda would show him it was possible. 2 Link to comment
ZRod Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 hour ago, JJ Husker said: I’m going to ask a silly question. Wouldn’t it have been better to use the guns rather than a missile to bring down the balloon? Tear a few holes in the balloon so it descends more gently. Easier to retrieve intact and fewer pieces in a narrower area? I’m guessing the answer is that guns aren’t as accurate as a heat seeking missile. But it just seems like that would’ve been worth an attempt. IDK. Pedantic I know, but a radar guided missle was used I believe. And no the guns would not have been better, I just saw an article in my news feed about a rogue balloon that evaded Canadian CF-18s after they fired 1000 rounds at it, as well as US and British planes. The bullets pierced the balloon, but it only created a slow leak and balloon made it past Icelandic airspace. https://www.businessinsider.com/runaway-weather-balloon-fighter-jets-history-2023-2 3 Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 6 minutes ago, ZRod said: Pedantic I know, but a radar guided missle was used I believe. And no the guns would not have been better, I just saw an article in my news feed about a rogue balloon that evaded Canadian CF-18s after they fired 1000 rounds at it, as well as US and British planes. The bullets pierced the balloon, but it only created a slow leak and balloon made it past Icelandic airspace. https://www.businessinsider.com/runaway-weather-balloon-fighter-jets-history-2023-2 Okay. That’s kind of what I thought the reasoning might be but I wasn’t sure. My unknowing self just figured if they could get quite a few holes in the balloon that it might start to descend fairly rapidly but not at a terminal velocity free fall. I guess that’s why I’m not on the Pentagon payroll. Link to comment
teachercd Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 3 minutes ago, JJ Husker said: Okay. That’s kind of what I thought the reasoning might be but I wasn’t sure. My unknowing self just figured if they could get quite a few holes in the balloon that it might start to descend fairly rapidly but not at a terminal velocity free fall. I guess that’s why I’m not on the Pentagon payroll. Hahaha...I was sort of wondering that too... Like, would it be like a cartoon where the bullets would rip holes in it and the balloon would start going crazy in a bunch of different directions? Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 hour ago, ZRod said: Pedantic I know, but a radar guided missle was used I believe. And no the guns would not have been better, I just saw an article in my news feed about a rogue balloon that evaded Canadian CF-18s after they fired 1000 rounds at it, as well as US and British planes. The bullets pierced the balloon, but it only created a slow leak and balloon made it past Icelandic airspace. https://www.businessinsider.com/runaway-weather-balloon-fighter-jets-history-2023-2 Well....that's only because Trump wasn't in control. If he were President, he would have flown the plane himself (because he's a better pilot than anyone in the air force) and shot it down precisely so that they could capture the pilot and negotiate a few more billion dollars to be given to his son-in-law. Link to comment
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