:jokerfied: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/leading-explanation-3-downed-objects-commercial-benign-balloons/story?id=97189258

Unironically shooting their own weather balloons and trying to cause an international incident over their little xenophobic shitfit.

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    The defense secretary said the first missile strike to down the object over Lake Huron on Sunday missed.

    "First shot missed, second shot hit," Austin said

    Fucking lmao they can't even hit a balloon. Whoops there goes grandma's house! Oh well at least we got that balloon with missile number 2.

    • Circra [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Huh. Maybe it was a spy balloon then. The americans don't usually miss civilian targets.

      • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Doubt it, I hear they're programmed to just seek the nearest unarmed civilian if they can't see a target.

      • Outdoor_Catgirl [she/her, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Missiles tend to have a self destruct if they miss. Ukkkraine has had that fail with s300 anti air missiles hitting cities, but I'd assume it worked here. Not everything the amerikkkan war machine makes is worthless boondoggle

        • Awoo [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          I'd assume they wouldn't miss a balloon that barely moves too but here we are.