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Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Feb 2023, 11:25

Replies: 291

High altitude object shot down

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Posted By pasta

Hadn't low-level penetration been standard NATO...

Hadn't low-level penetration been standard NATO doctrine since the '60s? I knew about it as a schoolboy, so I'm sure the Kremlin must have had an inkling by 1987...

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Feb 2023, 08:59

Replies: 291

High altitude object shot down

Views: 109,933

Posted By pasta

Why the obsession with destroying stuff? We...

Why the obsession with destroying stuff?

We can't destroy satellites without major repercussions, and even then we probably couldn't destroy a significant proportion of what's already there. We...

Forum: Military Aviation

15th Feb 2023, 11:12

Replies: 291

High altitude object shot down

Views: 109,933

Posted By pasta

I dunno, the only property given for this...

I dunno, the only property given for this hypothetical projectile was its weight:

I can't be bothered to do this as more than a thought experiment, but I'd hazard a guess that the terminal speed...

Forum: Military Aviation

15th Feb 2023, 10:40

Replies: 291

High altitude object shot down

Views: 109,933

Posted By pasta

Hmmm... I'm by no means an expert - although I do...

Hmmm... I'm by no means an expert - although I do own a parachute I've never tried opening it - but I've a nagging suspicion that weight isn't the only determining factor for terminal velocity...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Feb 2023, 17:53

Replies: 291

High altitude object shot down

Views: 109,933

Posted By pasta

You've never been on the receiving end of a water...

You've never been on the receiving end of a water balloon?

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Feb 2023, 09:27

Replies: 291

High altitude object shot down

Views: 109,933

Posted By pasta

Of course they're balloons. All these...

Of course they're balloons.

All these comments of "no visible means of propulsion", "unable to confirm terrestrial origin" etc, translate to "I am not cleared to tell you that the balloon is a...

Forum: Military Aviation

11th Feb 2023, 08:39

Replies: 291

High altitude object shot down

Views: 109,933

Posted By pasta

Nah. Clearly sending a message to China that...

Nah. Clearly sending a message to China that their balloons aren't welcome, but allowing them to save face by pretending not to know what it is.

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