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Re:Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down by USAF by detrites on Thursday February 16, 2023 @05:19PM (#34827329)
By "tested", do you mean someone out there has the somewhat insane job of throwing actual birds into fully-powered jet engines?

And I guess cleaning up afterward also?

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Re:Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down by USAF by boomboomsubban on Thursday February 16, 2023 @05:30PM (#34827450)
I assume there's some kind of remote operated launcher, getting near a running jet engine is a terrible idea, but overall yes.
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Re:Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down by USAF by dandelany on Thursday February 16, 2023 @05:42PM (#34827615)
They use a chicken gun, but yes… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_gun
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Re:Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down by USAF by ikiris on Thursday February 16, 2023 @06:35PM (#34828345)
One of the timeless mythbuster bits too.
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