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Originally Posted by Platapus
I wonder how much this cost?
How much did it cost the Chinese to send that balloon and payload?
How much did it cost the USA to track and shoot that balloon down?
Some sources state that a single AIM-9 missile is $200,000 to $300,000 each. Yikes!
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Well, the balloon didn't sneak in and it would be tracked regardless by people already employed to do that while at work. Photo recon? Who cares! You can go on Google Earth and see the same thing. Pictures of silo covers? Why not! What's the point of nuclear deterrents if your enemies can't see they exist?
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