yo man
Last week, I was assured by the media and the USAF that we have no planes that fly that high [to reach the spy balloon] and not capabilities to shoot it down. I can't link to those exact quote because it was shit I heard on the radio or passing by a TV tuned to CNN in some public place. I'd like to know what MAJ Pearson thinks about all that. After all, he's the only one to ever shoot down a satellite from an F-15.
"On the 13th of September 1985, Maj. Wilbert D. "Doug" Pearson, flying an F-15A named "Celestial Eagle” pushed his throttles forward, and accelerated to Mach 1.22, then executed a 3.8g supersonic zoom climb at an angle of 65 degrees nose up. Streaking towards the heavens like a supersonic homesick angel, Maj Pearson deployed the Kinetic energy kill ASM-135 ASAT missile at an altitude of 38,100 feet. He watched as the missile streaked away from the zoom climbing Eagle, departed our atmosphere, and successfully destroyed the 2000lb orbiting Solwind P78-1 satellite at closing velocity of 15,000 mph - 200 miles west of Vandenberg Air Force Base at an altitude of 345 miles."
https://sierrahotel.net/blogs/news/celestial-eagle-the-satellite-killer
Secret NERDBASE Thats awesome.
No hunting photos allowed on Twitter. 💩 It's '...graphic or adult content...'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11722987/Sen-Steve-Daines-suspended-Twitter-hunting-picture-profile.html
It's one thing for us to make Dr. Strangelove parodies, but this USAF general actually said it.
"A top military commander admitted Monday there had been a "domain awareness gap" during the Trump administration, allowing three Chinese spy balloons to gather intelligence on the U.S. undetected."
https://www.theblaze.com/news/glen-vanherck-chinese-spy-balloon
