Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Just released photo of 2 US Hunter Killer baloons on the way to intercept the Chinese Comiekaze. 4 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 The Chinese balloon is above the Armstrong limit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 9 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: The Chinese balloon is above the Armstrong limit. Yeah well ours are armed with long range balloon to balloon missiles with Kung Pau seeking warheads. 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 are they armed with Blunderbusses? movie: Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines; Or, How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Just released photo of 2 US Hunter Killer baloons on the way to intercept the Chinese Comiekaze. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 18 minutes ago, Dirty Dan Dawkins said: Or, for the pursuit.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 I don’t see any harpoons. I don’t see flame throwers. I don’t see machine guns. We need a couple of these fully outfitted with all the goodies. Big guns too! 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 No need to go nuclear over this. A couple of 12 gauge shells filled with #8 shot will bring the balloon down slowly. Folks on the ground could see it coming and get out of the way. The shot won’t hurt anyone on the ground, just like bird season. And it should land softly enough that we could get a good look at the technology, broadcast frequencies, etc. You are welcome, Joint Chiefs. Contact me for additional advice. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 said: Or, for the pursuit.... I’ll never forget this piece. I once had relations with trashy girl in Memphis with this playing. So trashy, it couldn’t be called a conquest. I must have been 22-23. Wow. A quarter century ago. Edited February 3 by Dirty Dan Dawkins 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 4 minutes ago, Dirty Dan Dawkins said: I’ll never forget this piece. I once had relations with trashy girl from Memphis with this playing. I must have been 22-23. Wow. A quarter century ago. TMI 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Some .50cal or 20mm shells loaded with #5 or #6 shot could be made up in a matter of an hour or so and deployed by any number of different aircraft to relieve the lighter than air vessel of its buoyancy producing gas! Any hillbilly with an RCBS single stage press and the proper dies could accommodate the military in this case!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Even the French have broken out their balloon force which was first launched in 1783. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 If the Chinese balloon ends up over Chicago it’s the perfect time to use all that firepower to take it down. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 23 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: If the Chinese balloon ends up over Chicago it’s the perfect time to use all that firepower to take it down. Now thousands will try! It's Chicago. If they all just aim up at the same time (instead of at the nearest house or car), the pure volume of firepower would shred it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 3 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 24 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: been there done that . BTW ballon shot down now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 And now there are two.... https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-another-chinese-spy-balloon-traveling-over-latin-america LL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 The Chinese balloon over my sister-in-law’s/brother-in-law’s house in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at sundown today. He said he regrets selling his Weatherby .300. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 3 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: If the Chinese balloon ends up over Chicago it’s the perfect time to use all that firepower to take it down. Everything that goes up...Comes down....Would hate be in Chicago when it did.... Texas Lizard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 this should have gone down before it entered our air space , this is unforgivable , the boarders north and south and now the airspace - why again do we have a federal government --oh yes to raid a former presidents property , tax us into poverty , cut off our fuel supplies and drive our currency into third world standards ...much like they seem to want us to live under , 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 The Chinese balloon has now self-identified as a migrant and requested asylum. In keeping with government policy, it has been given an immigration court notice to appear in two years and will be allowed to wander around the country. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 13 hours ago, J-BAR #18287 said: No need to go nuclear over this. A couple of 12 gauge shells filled with #8 shot will bring the balloon down slowly. Folks on the ground could see it coming and get out of the way. The shot won’t hurt anyone on the ground, just like bird season. And it should land softly enough that we could get a good look at the technology, broadcast frequencies, etc. You are welcome, Joint Chiefs. Contact me for additional advice. You have a shotgun that will reach above 35,00 feet? Wow!! That's some shotgun!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 14 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I don’t see any harpoons. I don’t see flame throwers. I don’t see machine guns. We need a couple of these fully outfitted with all the goodies. Big guns too! Smoking engines and guns on a hydrogen-filled gasbag.....and someone thought this was a good idea? Not even for science fiction or impossible novels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 34 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: You have a shotgun that will reach above 35,00 feet? Wow!! That's some shotgun!! 66,000! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 2 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Smoking engines and guns on a hydrogen-filled gasbag.....and someone thought this was a good idea? Not even for science fiction or impossible novels. Get with the times, Man! This is bouyed by helium! This is the future! Girl added for no reason except she’s very pretty. Who doesn’t like a blonde in steampunk? 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 (edited) On 2/4/2023 at 9:02 AM, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Get with the times, Man! This is bouyed by helium! This is the future! Girl added for no reason except she’s very pretty. Who doesn’t like a blonde in steampunk? The built in recoil reducers are a nice touch. My guess is they’re aftermarket. Edited February 5 by Dirty Dan Dawkins 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 2 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: You have a shotgun that will reach above 35,00 feet? Wow!! That's some shotgun!! I figure McGyver could mount a Remmie 1100 on a Blackbird and do the job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Hit the instrument package with a high powered laser. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish ike, SASS #43615 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Scratching my head how our leader would allow a known enemy "spy" thingy fly over our country and do nothing. Of course knowing our ability we'll send a $2,000,000 cruise missile after it and miss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 There was a leak of an image it transmitted. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 15 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Get with the times, Man! This is bouyed by helium! This is the future! Girl added for no reason except she’s very pretty. Who doesn’t like a blonde in steampunk? im liking the girl better than the topic ...i know what to think of her , not so sure on the topic and she has a better shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 WELL NOW I figure that be HIGH Maintenace CB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 This could have easily done the job. Boeing YAL-1 aka Airborne Laser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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