Are we sure they gave them the 'real' bullets? The Canadian forces are pretty cheap with their ammo. Most of the time the pilots just practice saying 'ratatatatatatat'
CHINESE SPY BALLOON! RUN AND HIDE!
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While Beijing insisted on Friday that the balloon was simply a meteorological device that had strayed off course, the US government was confident that the balloons were being used for surveillance. Both the balloon discovered over the US and another spotted transiting Latin America carried surveillance equipment not usually associated with standard meteorological activities or civilian research, officials said -- specifically, both featured collection pod equipment and solar panels located on the metal truss suspended below the balloon itself. The US also observed small motors and propellers on the balloons, leading officials to believe Beijing had some control over its path.
Inside Biden's decision to 'take care of' the Chinese spy balloon that triggered a diplomatic crisis — CNN Politics
When President Joe Biden first learned a likely Chinese spy balloon was drifting through the stratosphere 60,000 feet above Montana, his first inclination was to take it down.
A few years back I came across a bunch of army boys in the bush, lost. They had white painted wooden rifles. Probably good thing they didn’t have real guns since they were only about 300 meters from where they were to meet up.
There used to be an old cartoon show that kind of made fun of the mounties and mash at the same time, and they had all the mounties at target practice talking about how poor their funding is going 'bang! bang! - and then one gun actually fired and the rest of them are like "JEZUZ Davie - you shot YOUR BULLET! Now what the hell are you going to do if a bad guy shows up!?!? And the offender is getting carted off by the military police yelling "I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAME OVER ME!!! I"VE JUST HAD IT WITH ME FOR SO MANY YEARS..... MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON MY SOUL!!!"
Washington has called the balloon a "clear violation" of U.S. sovereignty and notified Beijing about the shootdown on Saturday, a U.S. official said.
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin first announced the shootdown, saying the balloon was being used by China "in an attempt to surveil strategic sites in the continental United States."
Responding to the downing, China said the action violates international norms and it reserves the right to take further action in response.
"The U.S. in insisting on the use of force is an obvious overreaction and a serious violation of international practice," according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday morning.
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin first announced the shootdown, saying the balloon was being used by China "in an attempt to surveil strategic sites in the continental United States."
Responding to the downing, China said the action violates international norms and it reserves the right to take further action in response."The U.S. in insisting on the use of force is an obvious overreaction and a serious violation of international practice," according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday morning.
Yo, we SHOWED those Chinese muh-fuhs that our superbadass, fifth-generation, supersonic fighters can take out an unpowered, unarmed balloon!
You are warned, China!
You are warned, China!
Not as weird as the planet HD189733b.
Situated 63 light years away the temperature on its surface is 1000C. It also rains glass - sideways - in 7000kph winds.
I don't live anywhere like that. I live in Bolton on the planet Earth. It's nowhere near as hot as 1000C, although we do have 7000kph sideways rain.
See? That's what I meant!
I think you should petition the IAU to name the planet "Bolton."
Good idea, old pal.
There's a website where, for a fee, you can name a star after a loved one. Somewhere out there, in the vastness of our galaxy the Milky Way, there is a star called George Battersby, named after my grandfather. We got it him as a Christmas present in 2011 when he was dying. So there may be somewhere I could rename this planet Bolton. It's much better than the name it has now.