Wow! He's hard core! Maybe the funniest I've seen. Look at her face!
Very funny you blokes keep them coming please.
The funny thing to me is that in typical overkill, we used a missile to shoot it down (and destroy most of it) when the same plane could have shot the balloon with a bullet or two causing a more controlled decent and likely without damaging the instruments.
Relief to read the same thoughts came to others.The funny thing to me is that in typical overkill, we used a missile to shoot it down (and destroy most of it) when the same plane could have shot the balloon with a bullet or two causing a more controlled decent and likely without damaging the instruments.
I doubt if the USAF has any aircraft that still fire bullets, except in museums.The funny thing to me is that in typical overkill, we used a missile to shoot it down (and destroy most of it) when the same plane could have shot the balloon with a bullet or two causing a more controlled decent and likely without damaging the instruments.
F15, F16, F35, A10 and many more. My stepson is a retired F16 pilot. Close in, the cannon is your best friend - of course they prefer to reach out and touch someone far away from the other guy's cannon.I doubt if the USAF has any aircraft that still fire bullets, except in museums.
Slick
Not true. They often are because "supersonic" is relatively slow at that altitude. A bullet fired at 3450 ft/s with a plane at 600 ft/s will leave the plane at 4050 ft/s.At that height a fighter needs to be supersonic to maintain altitude. Depending on when a bullet is fired a jet could very well overtake it.
Rare? yes. Unlikely? definitely. Impossible? No. Just a potential consideration.Not true. They often are because "supersonic" is relatively slow at that altitude. A bullet fired at 3450 ft/s with a plane at 600 ft/s will leave the plane at 4050 ft/s.
I checked with some involved and learned a couple of answers. The F22 cannon's bullet effective range is 2000 ft at sea level and they fired at about 7000 feet away. So, the bullet couldn't reach unless the plane got a lot closer.
My real issue was why destroy the instruments - they didn't, they hit the balloon. Most US military missiles have multiple targeting and triggering mechanisms. That's one reason they are so expensive. In this case an impact trigger would be iffy but proximity would not.
Cannon projectiles are not bullets. But I agee they are more cost effective than missles and would bring a balloon down in a similar way as bullets.F15, F16, F35, A10 and many more. My stepson is a retired F16 pilot. Close in, the cannon is your best friend - of course they prefer to reach out and touch someone far away from the other guy's cannon.
Shaped like a BIG bullet, forced down a barrel like a bullet, what do you call it?Cannon projectiles are not bullets. But I agee they are more cost effective than missles and would bring a balloon down in a similar way as bullets.
Slick