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snapetom on Feb 3, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Chinese surveillance balloon spotted over U.S., Pe...

The Chinese and Russians are free to shoot down an SR-71 or U2 over their airspace. Problem is that's much easier said than done.

Shooting down a balloon over US airspace, or better yet, grabbing it, should be a no-brainer. It's our airspace. Why is this being discussed? Get that thing on that ground, keep it, and study it.

TheRealPomax on Feb 3, 2023 [–]

No one is free to shoot down an SR-71, because nothing you fire at an SR-71 will ever reach it. They're free to point at it, though.

snapetom on Feb 3, 2023 | [–]

Re-read my first sentence. They are absolutely free to.

TheRealPomax on Feb 3, 2023 | | [–]

No one's free to violate the laws of physics.

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