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Re:Did an F-22 Blow Up an Illinois Club’s Hobby Balloon? by boomboomsubban on Friday February 17, 2023 @02:27PM (#34839138)
>The big multi-bus-sized balloon was ignored for several days while it loitered over sensitive areas,

Weren't they escorting the balloon with jets the entire time while pushing nonstop news stories about it? That's ignored?

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Re:Did an F-22 Blow Up an Illinois Club’s Hobby Balloon? by xrayarx on Friday February 17, 2023 @02:52PM (#34839563)
They didn't escort the balloons. Maybe they made a flyby. A balloon goes with the speed of the wind, the f22 can't go that slow or it falls out of the sky. Especially at the heights we are talking about.
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