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A football field is about 1.32 arces, so...

In theory, yes. In practice, you have to consider who exactly do you replace them with, and how does the public respond as well as your own party and donors. The already blurry line between flag officer and politician is only getting less clear with time, and the pretense the DoD forces on...

Milley was part of the hiding of the balloons under Trump as well, it appears.

Balloon's payload was the size of a leerjet, and is spread over an area of a 15X15 football fields.

In a lot of ways it has, that's for sure. This thing should have been shot down over the Aluetians or Bering Sea, if they wanted to keep debris off land, not Myrtle Beach.

So this did happen under Trump supposedly, and it was freaking Mattis who hid it from Trump. Just another example of the military abuses and rogue actions that went against Trump during his time in office.

The US had already got ships on scene as of yesterday, so recovery is likely underway for whatever is left after the hit and drop.

Yes, we should have shot it down before it even made it to the Aleutians. However, we didn't, and downing it over land carried risks that downing it over water doesn't. And no, the middle of Montana is not as undeveloped and unpopulated as some people think, and also frankly, downing over land...

China claims is an errant meteorological balloon, and there are agreements that cover those that the CCP are trying to exploit. This isn't really a technical/intel danger, so much as a dick-waving move using 'science' as an excuse. If it was over water I'd say knock it down and send the CCP...

The balloon is actually over Missouri at this point: The Billings thing is likely a hoax that has gone viral.

Eh, there are a few issues with attempting to shoot this thing down. 1) It's really, really high; 60k+ feet, and the only fighters we have that can maneuver and fire at that alt are F-22s. It would be hard to safely hit it with guns without tossing ammo in long arcs that could come down all...