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Re:Pentagon Declines to Answer If It Shot Down $12 Balloon w... by scyzoryk_xyz on Sunday February 19, 2023 @06:56PM (#34863217)
Theatrics.

Pentagon money well spent, bang for the buck, if those factored in.

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Re:Pentagon Declines to Answer If It Shot Down $12 Balloon w... by kjkjadksj on Sunday February 19, 2023 @07:06PM (#34863303)
And now next years budget is justified with more money dedicated to missile manufacturers.
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Re:Pentagon Declines to Answer If It Shot Down $12 Balloon w... by pas on Sunday February 19, 2023 @07:18PM (#34863396)
just make it a magnitude cheaper, but order 10 times as many, same deal, better PR!
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Re:Pentagon Declines to Answer If It Shot Down $12 Balloon w... by hypothesis on Sunday February 19, 2023 @07:27PM (#34863453)
They better be ready, because next guy is definitely going to launch 10x balloons for a grand total of “next to nothing”!
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Re:Pentagon Declines to Answer If It Shot Down $12 Balloon w... by kilgnad on Sunday February 19, 2023 @07:51PM (#34863621)
Exactly but why the theatrics? To cover up the huge event from the week before: https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/world-int/22973-us-and-norway-b...

The point isn't to trick you into thinking it's real. It doesn't matter if you know it's all a bunch of bullshit. The administration literally conducted an act of war the week before. The theatrics are done to cover everything up. To make this bullshit the forefront of your mind rather then the blowing up of nord streams 1 and 2.

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Re:Pentagon Declines to Answer If It Shot Down $12 Balloon w... by gsatic on Sunday February 19, 2023 @08:09PM (#34863758)
They are not that competent. At best you could say they spend most of their time tricking themselves. But that's an American speciality not confined to the military.
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