U.S. FAA closes some airspace in Montana for Defense Department activities

Re:U.S. FAA closes some airspace in Montana for Defense Depa... by wil421 on Sunday February 12, 2023 @08:16AM (#34762589)

Not sure what you mean. The first one had already passed Alaska and a good part of Canada before it was picked up by the news. Meaning it been over land for a good amount of time.

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Re:U.S. FAA closes some airspace in Montana for Defense Depa... by nix23 on Sunday February 12, 2023 @08:42AM (#34762754)

>Meaning it been over land for a good amount of time.

That's what i mean. Why not shoot it down when it enters US-Waters...BEFORE it's over US-Land, is that so hard to understand?

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Re:U.S. FAA closes some airspace in Montana for Defense Depa... by craftsman on Sunday February 12, 2023 @09:37AM (#34763082)

(a) they wanted to shoot it down in a location in which it would be easily recoverable, and (b) they didn’t want to risk damaging persons or property.

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Re:U.S. FAA closes some airspace in Montana for Defense Depa... by nix23 on Sunday February 12, 2023 @02:28PM (#34765978)

>they didn’t want to risk damaging persons or property.

In Alaska...please shut up.

>they wanted to shoot it down in a location in which it would be easily recoverable

Like yesterday the car sized ufo in alaska?

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Re:U.S. FAA closes some airspace in Montana for Defense Depa... by wbl on Sunday February 12, 2023 @12:12PM (#34764557)

For the same reason we'll let a suspected spy in sometimes or not expell them: by watching we can learn a lot about what they care about.

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Re:U.S. FAA closes some airspace in Montana for Defense Depa... by nix23 on Sunday February 12, 2023 @02:33PM (#34766041)

It's a balloon with instruments, not a human.

You are comparing two completely different games and you know it.

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