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Forum: Military Aviation

18th Feb 2023, 11:46

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High altitude object shot down

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Posted By ORAC

https://alert5.com/2023/02/17/japans-ruling-partie...

https://alert5.com/2023/02/17/japans-ruling-parties-agree-to-proposal-to-shot-down-balloons-drones/

Japan’s ruling parties agree to proposal to shot down balloons, drones

Japan’s Ministry of...

Forum: Military Aviation

16th Feb 2023, 22:22

Replies: 291

High altitude object shot down

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Posted By ORAC

Reference Russian balloons over Ukraine - they’re...

Reference Russian balloons over Ukraine - they’re sending hundreds of them fitted with simple radar angle reflectors to confuse and clutter AD and SAM radars.

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Forum: Military Aviation

15th Feb 2023, 07:34

Replies: 291

High altitude object shot down

Views: 109,937

Posted By ORAC

A couple of answers to that. 1. At 60K an...

A couple of answers to that.

1. At 60K an F-22 will have to be supersonic. To do a gun attack on a static balloon and break away without hitting it would be difficult, far easier just to use a...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Feb 2023, 11:18

Replies: 291

High altitude object shot down

Views: 109,937

Posted By ORAC

They only fired once it was out over the sea off...

They only fired once it was out over the sea off Newfoundland. I’d presume someone did a surface sweep before firing.

The balloon eventually landed in Finland.

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Feb 2023, 09:41

Replies: 291

High altitude object shot down

Views: 109,937

Posted By ORAC

The RAF/army doesn't have any MSAM, so forget...

The RAF/army doesn't have any MSAM, so forget hitting anything above 10K. The RN could help if the could get a T45 out of dock to the right location with an Aster 15/30 missile. That’s got a...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Feb 2023, 05:50

Replies: 291

High altitude object shot down

Views: 109,937

Posted By ORAC

Unless they’ve changed their basic design in the...

Unless they’ve changed their basic design in the last 20 years they’re just the same. MTI is a pretty fundamental processing technique for eliminating ground clutter, ANAPROP, clouds, flocks of birds...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Feb 2023, 07:12

Replies: 291

High altitude object shot down

Views: 109,937

Posted By ORAC

Don’t knock it. Drifting with the (solar) wind is...

Don’t knock it. Drifting with the (solar) wind is a reliable means of travel - if you’re not in a hurry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_sail

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Feb 2023, 06:53

Replies: 291

High altitude object shot down

Views: 109,937

Posted By ORAC

They coul£ have been flying balloons through NATO...

They coul£ have been flying balloons through NATO airspace for years and no one will even have been aware as the processing used to remove cloud clutter from radar (Doppler MTI/MTD), will also remove...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Feb 2023, 07:43

Replies: 291

High altitude object shot down

Views: 109,937

Posted By ORAC

Big revelations this week about balloons spying...

Big revelations this week about balloons spying on US. These aren't really revelations. Two years ago I laid out exactly this was happening, why it was happening, its historical precedent, that it...

Forum: Military Aviation

11th Feb 2023, 22:53

Replies: 291

High altitude object shot down

Views: 109,937

Posted By ORAC

The truth is out there…. ”the F-22 pilots...

The truth is out there….

”the F-22 pilots who tracked the aircraft that was downed over Alaska yesterday said that it “Interfered with their sensors" and that “they could see no propulsion system...

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