Intercept audio: Listen to the jet that shot down the Chinese Spy Balloon (actual radio audio)

[@airplaneian]

The F-22s' callsign "FRANK 01/02" was a homage to American World War One ace Lieutenant Frank Luke Jr, the "Arizona Balloon Buster." Between September 12 and September 29, Luke was credited with shooting down 14 German balloons and four airplanes.

[@sailormike1089]

Luke AF Base named after him also

[@doodmonkey]

Hey China, we've done this before. Welcome to the game

[@12345fowler]

@@doodmonkey With the money your country spends on it's military, I wouldn't boast it too much that they are able to fire at a balloon.

[@scottbaker9066]

@@12345fowler Not 'fire at' but hit, 1st shot. Have you made something that can hit a target? anything? ... let alone one that's at 64k feet?

[@doodmonkey]

@@scottbaker9066 I love this. The assumptions it takes to shoot a target like that.

[@AMXSShirt]

Amazing, radios still sound the same as the 1976 A-10’s I worked on.

[@allandominguez7810]

LMFAOOOOOOO

[@LewisMacdonaldMedia]

Haha, good comment! It's a nightmare for me as I include ATC COMMS in my footage!

[@gabrielvazquez1691]

Awesome that you were able to put all this up. The aviation community thanks you!

[@jimschnurr3512]

I surely hope the pilot gets to paint a balloon on the side of his plane as did the previous combat pilots. Who will be the first balloon ace?

[@elsiecovington8481]

If they are so good at taking this Balloon down why didn't they take it down before it Got into the USA Biden Let it get all the information it needed before they took it down.

[@jeffkerr7418]

He did. There is a picture with a white balloon under the canopy.

[@BullGator-kd6ge]

@@jeffkerr7418 $5 it was photoshopped. Kill markings these days are designated by a green star

[@tomvogt5988]

@@jeffkerr7418 Saw that. His aviator buddies have a great sense of humor. You can bet he will have a new call sign

[@zoso73]

Lmfao

[@DerGlaetze]

I saw one of these balloons on sale at Harbor Freight.

[@natural-born_pilot]

Yes but made of the same cheap quality as all the items they sell us on line and not that of the quality the use in their weather/intel inflatables made for their good friend Joey.

[@squidwardo7074]

Probably made in the same factory too

[@jonathanmecham4579]

That balloon held up better than most china products

[@glenndaniels7752]

That's funny, right there

[@allencolvin4320]

😂 😂 😂

[@deloresbusher-miller5384]

🤣🤣🤣

[@leet0809]

Ha ha

[@charlesanderson9277]

HELL , THEY SHOT THE PAYLOAD , WE WON'T EVER KNOW WHAT IT WAS !

[@badpete3497]

We watched from Holden Beach which is in NC about 20 mi north of the NC/SC boarder. Jet contrails in pairs everywhere. Saw 2 jets screaming overhead from NW to SE towards a spot off the SC coast about 45 min before the pop. Wonder if these were the F22s from Langley. Thanks boys good entertainment for beautiful winter day.

[@Ole_CornPop]

I'm here in Charleston and could hear them.

[@danielh1708]

@@Ole_CornPop Wish I could have heard the sonic booms...

[@Callsign_Spartacus_37Fox]

That piloted was so excited to say “splash one”! So now the real question…does this count as an air to air kill? This was a foreign aircraft operated by a foreigner government, operating in the military interests of that foreign country. Just because it wasn’t armed doesn’t necessarily disqualify it.

[@MythicFrost]

Its a kill still and yes first actual kill for the F-22.

[@III1IlIIlIllIl]

@@MythicFrost the f-22 got some kills in 2014

[@BullGator-kd6ge]

@@III1IlIIlIllIl Not air to air

[@dextermorgan1]

@@III1IlIIlIllIl no it didn't. The F-22 has never been challenged in an air-to-air situation.

[@maxmcvicker]

No

[@DashPar]

Hey China, thanks for the target practice!

[@KB-nt7eg]

If a balloon moving at the speed of a snail is target practice for our military, they're not that great.

[@thelugoffgamecock792]

Why wasn't the target practice over Alaska, maybe Joey was too busy shaking hands with the air to make a command decision?

[@shutupanddrink3960]

@@KB-nt7eg how is that not great? Most pilots practice firing a stationary target... I see this slow moving balloon as a great upgrade! 🤣🤣🤣

[@natural-born_pilot]

Oh their more than happy to help and will provide as many as we wish as the treasure trove of intel gathered was overwhelmingly worth it. They’re also appreciative to Joey for keeping his word allowing it to traverse the entire continent before terminating it. They would like their good friend joey to to know that they stand behind their part of the private deal they made with him. Finally we have a non-warring and peaceful CAC running the country and keeping us out of war. Ahh… I feel so much safer now. We all should feel greatfull for having such a great leader that makes decisions for the betterment of humanity across the globe.

[@DashPar]

@@KB-nt7eg actually, the F22 was going about 450 knots faster than the balloon and the balloon had no heat signature. That is hard to target to hit!

[@jonnieshaw8539]

It's amazing to see the air traffic management during this situation

[@thomasb1889]

They were above controlled airspace as anything above 60,000 feet is not controlled so here we were listening to the military controllers. The call signs they used were an awesome homage to the American WWI fighter pilot and balloon buster Frank Luke.

[@titaniumsandwedge]

This is like shooting ducks in a barrel. The unencrypted audio was for public consumption.

[@tomvogt5988]

Or like ducks on a pond, or fish in a barrel? I know what you meant, and you are correct. You only hear what they you want you to hear, and that is just fine.

[@ecleveland1]

I wonder if they didn't use encrypted channels because they didn't know what information that balloon was capable of capturing. We know hi-rez photos can be taken from space but long-term SIGINT data from low powered ground communications or other radar or sensor transmissions may be better obtained from a lower altitude with a longer loiter time over the target than a satellite can provide.

[@KB-nt7eg]

@@ecleveland1 did you really just say they didn't use encryption because they weren't sure what the balloon could read? That's literally why you use encryption. You aren't too bright are ya bub.

[@THOTHvii]

@@tomvogt5988 Actually a duck in a barrel would be far easier to shoot than either ducks on an entire pond or fish in a barrell. Doesn't get any easier than the duck being in a barrel if you HAVE to shoot the duck, now does it?

[@Crentshen]

@@KB-nt7eg why give them time to decrypt it

[@jessicagreene1773]

Really cool to hear this. I got to see them shoot it in real time and it was an awesome sight.

[@mmancino1982]

I'm jealous. Probably a once in a lifetime thing to see happen live

[@thatjrpganimefanplayerjusi8003]

Yeah I heard it as well but I didn’t see it get shot which was around 1 since I live in Myrtle beach SC boy I first thought no way is war starting on USA already

[@davidfredenburg8283]

WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO USE THE 30MM GUN INSTEAD OF A 500K ROCKET

[@THOTHvii]

​@@davidfredenburg8283 Merica

[@raspberrypimilitant2242]

@@davidfredenburg8283 couldn't risk the balloon taking to long to deflate and come down. They wanted it down within the 12 miles of the shore. If they used cannons like the Canadians did in the past it could take hours or longer for it to come down and could of floated off for miles before getting down. It splashed down in less then 50 foot depths of water. Ideal for recovery. Balloon was massive compared to regular weather balloons. No resistance going in and out the holes from cannon fire would of bin very small in comparison.

[@ratagris21]

The pilot will be the first kid on the block with a confirmed kill. Painted on the plane will be a lollipop 🍭.

[@jerk_store]

More like an ice cream cone...

[@robertdarnell5141]

@@jerk_store bing chilling

[@I_have_Aquestion]

The balloon never should have gotten over Alaska, through Canada, and then into our mainland’s airspace. Unbelievable.

[@lekoman]

It seems like the intel bonanza of having shot it down after having let it cross over a bunch of bases they’d already secured was probably worth it. Let it do its thing so we can see what they’ve got, and then shoot it down and make a big stink out of it to get more leverage over the Chinese. Sly like a fox.

[@hibabe5038]

Look who's in charge.

[@DanaC1701A]

You do realize that the US flies all kinds of spy aircraft and satellites in the airspace of other countries all the time? Of course you don’t.

[@deannekliene2673]

They were watching it....

[@Roger__Wilco]

Why not, they knew exactly where it was at all times so probably took the opportunity to study its signals and even maybe feed it garbage information. If it was such a threat that it was more important to take it down immediately regardless of where the debris landed then it simply would have happened that way.

[@cjapao8058]

Let’s blow Chinese balloon out of the sky, and then let’s keep buying CHINESE made products ??????????????????????????????

[@westerlywinds5684]

This whole balloon thing is food for comedians worldwide.

[@timh.1467]

Thank you. Great Job!

[@bobsmith-qu2oq]

yeah great job protecting the atlantic ocean from a fly over. F the C.U.S. save the fish

[@nottherealrustyshackleford9482]

Come on Mav! Do some of that pilot shit!

[@EonSlumber]

“ sorry fellas, I was expecting a call from canada earlier in the week. You say it’s already all the way on the east coast? Ok, let me put my shoes on. Be there soon”

[@brada4021]

That’s kind of like shutting the barn door after the horse already left the barn. 😖

[@harry8097]

That’s actually kind cool. Thanks for posting!

[@jamesdean9084]

The balloon should've been dealt with the moment it was detected in U.S. airspace.

[@L0kias1]

Yea because we really want to shoot down a device the size of two school buses over American soil and kill someone on the ground. This is why you are NOT in charge. And secondly you like we don’t do the same thing to other countries with our satellites, HMIT and NSA intercepts. Have you ever heard of the U2 spy plane shot down over Russia in the 60’s? 😂. Cry harder

[@Luke_______]

Absolutely... there is no reason for this level of incompetence

[@karenjohnson2766]

Agreed

[@neme4sat]

If the debris would've killed someone on the ground, you jackasses would have been the first to criticize the decision to shoot it down over land.

[@Luke_______]

@@neme4sat They had plenty of time to shoot it down before it got over land, also with Montana Being the least populated state in the country the odds of collateral damage would have been insanely low. Now waddle on back to the hole.you crawled out of or continue being a cuck for the goverment. Either way just stop speaking for your own sake.

[@Comeonforreal]

We should have done this before they collected all the info they needed

[@yawningpheonix]

what kind of info are you talking about?

[@trollmastermike52845]

Some of these balloons were around in the trump administration too but nothing was done.

[@Saltee323]

@@trollmastermike52845 Yea okay, sure. And not one news agency reported on them huh? You probably believe the vaccine works too with no side effects whatsoever. Durr!

[@trollmastermike52845]

@Matthew McKay may be i dont know, but Pentagon did some of the info is dated, so take it or leave it, lol

[@trollmastermike52845]

@@Saltee323 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWPbq2Vnfdt_qZo

[@panthercreek60]

I have a rather distinct feeling that the Chinese knew the balloon would not be destroyed until after it completed it mission.

[@davidbreen4353]

Joel. me too!

[@NONO-ic6fe]

They paid the big %10 to delay the shooting.

[@NotchFox]

Hunter had already cashed the check!

[@紫銅隊長]

The easiest mission in recent years

[@cw6136]

Go eat your bat soup.

[@mtbodyfarm5174]

Orville and Wilber could of shot it down here in Montana but we had another Biden senior moment. #$C@

[@xippzap]

Notice the shot placement? Hit just right where the balloon attaches to the payload. Leaving the payload to freefall 60,000 to be totally destroyed. Coincidence? I think not. How hard of it would have been to punch a hole in the top of the balloon and let the folded canopy help protect the payload on the way down. WW3 is on it's way people....BE PREPARED.

[@Wolf_3125]

@@mtbodyfarm5174 Beijing biden

[@americanmeteoritefan9670]

@@Wolf_3125 uh huh...Helsinki Trump it is then.

[@captbosco]

It would have been a huge embarrassment if the balloon took out the fighter jet.

[@hoghogwild]

Embarrassed? I'm Canadian and I'd be scared shItless if a Chinese balloon took out a 5th GEN F-22A Raptor over US airspace. That's how World War-III starts.

[@captbosco]

@@hoghogwild zoooOOM right over your head. Are all Canadians that dense?

[@hoghogwild]

@@captbosco Yes, it literally went over my head, but it was silent. No "zooming". Thanks for the intercept.

[@Ole_CornPop]

@hoghogwild this was in Myrtle Beach, SC. We heard the boom all the way down here in Charleston 90 miles away.

[@repaid1]

@@Ole_CornPop I would be willing to bet the sonic boom you heard wasn't the jet, but the missile going supersonic(rated at mach 2.5+), there would be no need for the jet to be supersonic in this situation IMHO, in fact that would have made the mission quite a bit harder.

[@repaid1]

This intrigues me as I am at a loss on why this audio traffic isn't encrypted as per military traffic during a mission? Would be interested to know how you obtained audio on a guard channel? Just asking if anyone who might be a bit more informed as my MOS was Crypto tech in the Marines (Back when they had such things and didn't dissolve my MOS) I can't fathom that this mission is public domain...at least not yet?

[@mattz1230]

Why would it be?

[@repaid1]

@@mattz1230 Quite simply the military uses their own systems that are typically frequency hopping and then encrypted. It's been a minute since I have been working on this equipment or even in the military but the codes for these radios systems "were" updated no less than twice a day. In a mission like this, It is more likely that all involved with this mission contained a proprietary security key which allows only those involved to be able to transmit and receive each other. They are capable to go to civilian channels to talk to traffic controllers as well but wouldn't be on civilian traffic to perform a military mission. As this is the first time a Raptor has engaged a Air air to Air target with a AIM-9X missile, let alone any, I find it hard to believe that they were sharing that data with the general public...Hopefully I can get info from someone that understands military communication that could collaborate how someone was able to monitor and record what should have been at minimum a high level voice transmission.

[@mattz1230]

@@repaid1 22 years in the Army. Familiar with comsec keys and loading. Again though- WHY would this be encrypted? What's the point? This is NOT the first time firing a Sidewinder-X, they have fired dozens at maneuverable drones. There was nothing classified here. There is no reason to use encrypted comms at a range that would give a intelligence device plenty of chance to scoop up the signal. In fact, it makes MORE sense NOT to use encryption. Everyone in the world conducts ground-controlled intercepts the same. We gave up nothing. But if we used encrypted comms, that balloon could- WOULD - intercept the signals. It WOULD relay those off-board to a satellite immediately. China couldn't listen in to us shooting down a balloon, but they would get our signals. And then, they'd have all the time they need to break them- and understand HOW we do encrypted comms. And THAT IS classified. So, I ask you to use your brain and come up with a legitimate reason to let china intercept our encryption and break it.

[@repaid1]

@@mattz1230 As I said encryption is updated at least 2 times a day, not the protocol of how it is encrypted (That isn't possible with the transmission). It would take the worlds fastest computers two days (+) to decipher the code of a single message Which is now 3 encrptions old and no longer used ever. That is randomly generated encoded, along with tracking and putting all the message together in the correct order as it jumped multiple frequency. I did go to Signal school at Ft. Gordon for my final crypto classes though. As for why it would be encrypted. I answered that somewhat. It was a military mission and was "Secret in intention" nobody knew of it till it was over. And as far as the Marines all our communications are encrypted even in training. The only time you would go to Guard/plain transmission is a emergency if your comms went down as a last ditch. As I said times may have changed as it has been 30 years since I served, But I was depot level repair for all Crypto at the time. I got out just as SINCGARS was coming in which I was trained for as well. Have a good one brother. Oh and we had already jammed the balloons transmissions days ago, so it could not transmit back home anyway

[@danielh1708]

@@repaid1 It was not secret. It was announced prior to the shoot down.

[@08ttimlin]

That's too bad. I was looking forward to the Fox 2 call and it cut out! :(

[@bobberdude557]

I’ve read a lot of stupid comments on KZbin before but some of the idiocy below is staggering. 🙄

[@Vladviking]

So what about radio traffic around the time of the Nordstrum 1 and 2 pipeline explosions? Can you get that?

[@christophermayer1565]

Do we have any idea what covid variant was in it?

[@deloresbusher-miller5384]

Did we retrive the parts of the Balloon.

[@napoleonmeowparte3874]

Stunning & Brave

[@evhvariac2]

How is it brave

[@tomvogt5988]

@@evhvariac2 There are a LOT of people that wouldn't even take a ride in one of these jets, let alone do it for a living. Yeah, brave is the correct word.

[@chamonix4658]

stunning and brave comment

[@nigelappleton2963]

where are all the vapour trails shown in other footage or were they photoshopped for public consumption?

[@macrominutes]

Imagine waking up that day ....."welp, time to shoot down a balloon!"

[@garymclaughin]

Sounds like two Raptors and two Eagle's but what do I know anyway thanks for sharing this with me.👍🇹🇭🇨🇦

[@slappymcgillicuddy7532]

the F-15's were patrolling the restricted airspace

[@johnmarktamano8834]

Instead they should have pulled it out of the sky and examine it for proof of espionage just like what they do of downed enemy aircraft.

[@MrReasonabubble]

What do you propose they should have pulled it out of the sky with? A giant harpoon dart attached to 60,000 feet of cable?

[@autisticboi2992]

@@MrReasonabubble have someone stand on the wing and grab the balloon as it flies by

[@MrReasonabubble]

@@autisticboi2992 seems feasible.

[@Chris-uo3rj]

That balloon probably released a bioweapon into the air

[@davidporter6898]

Harbor Freight balloon folded up like a cheap lawn chair

[@rickszabo4312]

Kinda like it was made in China

[@freedomstar3814]

Frank 1 make sure to stop by the sticker shop once you land copy

[@joeteejoetee]

It would have to be a stealth-approved "sticker" that wont peel off at Mach-2 though...

[@lynnclark4208]

Thank you to our military!

[@mtbodyfarm5174]

Was the pilot pissed they didnt shoot it down days earlier too?

[@Teabone3]

Nothing is being done about Balloon number 2?

[@ksavage681]

The Trump baby balloon?

[@tomvogt5988]

@@ksavage681 , No, the brandon, dementia, I don't have a clue what's going on, balloon.

[@rollingat5235]

This should've been done before it entered our country's border. Not let it float around for multiple days.

[@tomr3422]

Not the 1st ballon, you are forgetting the 3 the previous administration just covered up - its good to have a real man in charge instead of a clown

[@shoachiwarrior]

China's not dumb. This was for a reason.

[@Teabone3]

It was the test Canada and the United State's response time to invasion. Looks like North America as a continent failed. Now there is a balloon over Latin America. Still not shot down.

[@WG55]

Sometimes China can be _very_ dumb. See the "Great Leap Forward."

[@matpk]

@H L CCP use tiktok to spy on Americans😂🎉 not stupid balloons

[@jgjg3848]

It was allowed by our government to stay up in the air, collecting all that data, which was delivered in real time back to China. Our government allowed it to fly over many different strategic military sites and did nothing until China was finished collecting our sensitive military and government data. Our own government allowed it to happen from Alaska, all across America and out to the Atlantic Ocean. It was deliberate by our own government to sell us out to China...AGAIN!

[@ksavage681]

Weather.

[@vacuumunit]

All this fuss for spy 🕵️‍♀️ balloon 🎈. While everyone has TikTok on their phones 📱

[@allan4800]

Not everyone...

[@freewindman9675]

@@allan4800 enough that you not installing it won't matter. So there goes your "I'm not installing it so at least I'm not that dumb" knowledge. We're all screwed. We've been screwed since we were born. The government has god mode capabilities that break reality that no one would believe. Might as well install tik tok and get your dopamine while your still alive.

[@malcolmmckinlay2143]

Stop buying from china

[@thelmahenriques6454]

What is the debris cloud?????

[@sbreheny]

Great that you have this up - but I wonder why the audio keeps cutting out and what the source of the background noise is during the times it cuts out. What kind of receiver did you use to capture this?

[@F4PhantomGaming]

the background noise is 2 p&w engines screaming at mach .8 about 5 feet from the recorder

[@mikek5298]

@@F4PhantomGaming Our military must really be in trouble if their radios cannot work in the presence of jet engines.

[@tombeck2792]

@@mikek5298 Military aircraft would have a redundant radio system.

[@BOPilot5517]

@@tombeck2792 virtually all aircraft have a second radio (redundant system)

[@tombeck2792]

@@BOPilot5517 yes, I worked with STS, VHF in one ear, UHF in the other

[@VaguelyAmusing]

Nice Job....AFTER THE FACT.... Don't tell me they didn't know, before it ever reached our shores!!!

[@anthonymcneill1465]

Excellent!

[@Cowdog1]

Good thing the potato decided to take it out before it was able to spy on Ukraine.

[@Dutch1951x]

Why didn't they use the 20mm on the raptor instead of a $380,000.00 Aim9???

[@RW-zn8vy]

Would’ve been too messy people could’ve been hurt

[@JohnShalamskas]

Guns hit at over 2 mile vertical separation would be difficult and more like a shotgun. Surely the intelligence community will want to examine the sensors after they are recovered, and they don't react well to 20mm cannon rounds.

[@josephroberts6027]

@@JohnShalamskas And they will be better off after getting hit by a sidewinder?? 🤣🤣 There isn't much excuse for spending a damn million dollars or more to shoot down a damn balloon! This was a dog and pony show!!

[@Noneyurbusiness]

Those were my thoughts exactly hell they could have sent a helicopter up there with a door gunner and just mowed the balloon down

[@BullGator-kd6ge]

@@Noneyurbusiness That balloon was at 60-65 thousand feet up. No helicopter is going that high.

[@chahtanamedjeff]

What did the fortune say?

[@AndrewVelonis]

Does it really sound like that to the pilots? That would give me a headache in no time.

[@Devast8r34]

Right

[@gustlightfall]

And the insane amount of quick maffs you need to do. The moment I watch videos like these the more I realize I'm too stupid for flying in real life. I guess I'll just stick to games. 🤣

[@susanloricchio2303]

@@gustlightfall It doesn’t happen overnight. Learning to fly is a real all-consuming commitment. The payoff is immensely rewarding.

[@midnightrunner684]

@@susanloricchio2303 pink Flyod ? Learning to fly ?

[@austinholmes96]

The audio is from an amateur radio receiver on the ground. The audio is likely better to the pilots

[@sammyspaniel6054]

I was in Myrtle Beach watching this right above my Hotel with my six year old boy. I'm going to have trouble topping this next year.

[@sammyspaniel6054]

@BOB K Let's hope things don't get that bad. But of course Revelation has something to say about that.

[@oliverstianhugaas7493]

Amazing moment in human history, i remember vividly how we all hid in fear from the UFO invasion and how we lost several US states before the US military deployed the new wonderweapon that took down the alien invaders. God bless the US airforce! Rest in peace all who lost their lives during the war of the worlds.

[@AndrewGarnerAdventures]

So what was the stuff floating out of the balloon?

[@ShakeyJake117]

Great vid. I'm so disappointed that they let this travel up the Aleutians, Alaska and across the country. What if they load the next one with something worse.

[@mecampbell30]

Then they better hope that the second balloon takes out all of us because the retaliation would be unpleasant.

[@firstnamelastname8439]

You realize satellites exist, right? Theres unknown foreign payloads going over your head multiple times a day, every day.

[@mo0nstonegirl]

@@mecampbell30 I dunno, seems like it's America against the world right now.

[@FructozeProductions]

@firstnamelastname8439 You can't compare a satellite that's in orbit to a Balloon thats 60,000ft above millions of civilians across multiple States for multiple days, a satellite is in constant speed at over 7,000mph - u think it's easy to calculate and drop things while calculating going through the atmosphere n wind and everything included with an object like that vs a Ballon? Lol

[@firstnamelastname8439]

@@FructozeProductions What precisely do you think anyone is going to drop out of a single balloon? Conventional payloads can't do anything consequential. Biological payload? You can deliver those less obviously. Chemical payload? You need to drop a lot of chemicals to be lethal. If you look at historical chemical attacks, single payload attacks just aren't useful, because people don't tend to stay in an effected area long enough to absorb a lethal dose. A single balloon just isn't enough. That just leaves a nuclear payload. A single nuke wouldn't exactly be useful either, since it leaves the rest of the US intact to retaliate. The only payload that's worth slapping on a single balloon would be a nuclear EMP attack to disable early warning and other defenses in preparation for a larger invasion, and for a nuclear EMP attack, hugher is better, since it gets you more range. Consider learning military strategy from somewhere other than CoD.

[@georgiesmith106]

How much of the Debris was retrieved ?

[@occultustactical6138]

The really sad part is that we had to use the worlds most advanced fighter aircraft to shoot down an all but stationary object. The army could have launch a ground based missile to take this thing out. I’m still trying to figure out why it wasn’t shot down in Montana. There’s like 11 people who live there. The Whitehouse claims the military was concerned about collateral damage. Damage? Of what? A cow? I spent 22 years in the USAF flying AWACS and this was the dumbest thing we’ve ever done. It could have been taken out a week ago with a vanilla F15 using guns. Yes an F15 can fly higher than this ballon. Listening to the radio traffic you’d think it Bin-laden 2.0.

[@uploadJ]

Maybe you (Dunning-Kruger) don't understand that the balloon was like 5 or maybe 8 thousand feet higher in altitude then the F-22 could go? Did you know that? Something ground-based might not be able to resolve a target at 65,000 feet up either ... are you well-versed in ground to air rockets and the like - or no?

[@aralifefarming]

Leave it to those who are actually intelligent , if yo can't see the obvious reason. We gained far more data by not doing so, or letting a 2 school bus size payload plummet 60,000 feet causing mass damage.

[@sircampbell1249]

Why cut audio out ?

[@timbeach2409]

F22 pilot, base we have a splash one. This stealth shit really works we snuck up on it and it didn't try to evade us or shoot back.

[@drolds6522]

Did they give the Balloon call sign : FANG FANG?

[@threeMetreJim]

More like PANG, check out the old arcade game of the same name.

[@tombradydid9114]

I think the Chinese were just trolling.

[@thomasg4324]

*SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT ....* 1) Intentionally waited for the Chinese to finish their mission. 2) Intentionally waited so the debris would fall into a highly damaging saltwater environment. 3) Intentionally waited to use an F22 which has a ridiculous maintenance ratio. 4) Intentionally chose the most expensive fighter to accomplish this simple mission. 5) Intentionally chose to use an expensive missile, rather than far more economical bullets. 6) Intentionally destroyed the very part of the balloon that is a treasure trove of intel, and scattered the debris in the ocean...rather than just pop the balloon and bring down the debris in a localized crash site ON LAND. *Does anyone NOT think Biden is owned by Tel Aviv, intentionally harming American security?*

[@billyshoffner527]

Bout time to get the pop corn and start watching for the doomsday plane!

[@straitarrow5784]

It is an American manufactured Balloon made by Raven Aerostar .

[@Electron42]

So, f@lse fl@g?

[@ScottPlude]

Why destroy it? Why not hit it with enough rounds to poke holes and bring it down gently for recovery? It seems like they didn't want it recoverable so it could be analyzed. Too many unanswered questions about this starting with not shooting it down as it entered our airspace in Alaska. This whole thing stinks.

[@Jamux69]

here's your answer kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4jJhouLbrNqj6M

[@charlesanderson9277]

BINGO !

[@joeteejoetee]

1000 rounds of 20mm cannon has been tried on a balloon before, and it took days to finally deflate - hundreds of miles away. This "balloon" was not at any pressure at that altitude because its inside pressure is at equilibrium with the atmosphere @ ~60,000 feet, and therefore it will not "POP" like a party balloon does here on the ground.

[@FanIam503]

60,000 + FEET Scott. Poke holes in it…? 🤣

[@nondescriptname]

They didn't want it recovered because then it would be obvious that it was just a weather balloon.

[@billsnation614]

Is there any official video footage of them shooting it down?

[@ABitOfFishing]

They just wanted the F-22 to get its first air to air kill lol

[@shutupanddrink3960]

Yes it'll be retired soon it will be sad if it get no kills better be a balloon than nothing 😂😂😂🤣

[@identityunknown4204]

There has been several warning we gave and no one listened to each one. China's missile is heading to the State via submarine and it's very near the U.S soil. The people in the federal agency assigned by the state and paid by American tax payers money to fight against this threat needs to be fired and held accountable for negligence of their responsibility by court martial as stated by law. This has been the 25th time we had be attacked and no action from such agency had been done. The threat are openly operating on the U.S soil on the broad day light, while the u.s federal agency are to busy creating fake lies against their political opponent. Too lazy, slow, easy to bribe, weak, and too woke!

[@10thmt87]

99 Red Balloons go by...Call the troops out in a hurry This is what we've waited for This is it boys, this is war The President is on the line As 99 red balloons go by...99 knights of the air Ride super high-tech jet fighters Everyone's a superhero Everyone's a Captain Kirk With orders to identify To clarify and classify Scrambling the summer sky 99 red balloons go by"...Oh' the Humanity....Now Make that 98 Red Balloons...

[@rolandthethompsongunner64]

I’m borrowing this epic! 😂

[@kentkearney6623]

PERHAPS IT WAS THE HUNDRETH

[@mariohenriquez8599]

I'm afraid of the commies all over the NORTHWEST, in cities like, Washington state, D.C., Oregon, California, CENTRAL : Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota,, Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts, Indiana, NORTH: Virginia, New Jersey, New York...etc.I'm afraid more than the same CCP.

[@ksavage681]

@@rolandthethompsongunner64 This is a song.

[@veronicamissV]

Loved this song. Preferred the German version. 🖖🤜🤛🎈

[@Country-Cricket]

What were those flashes in the air after it was taken down?

[@johndoe-uf9pu]

Reflections of hardware

[@sunset8966]

When the spy balloon complete its mission, than China says: ok Joe, now you have my ordered to shoot it down

[@thelugoffgamecock792]

Joey hell, this is Barry's show, a deliberate shit show to be exact!

[@tomr3422]

just like the 3 the previous administration covered up? Who did they get to cover up those 3 trump ballons ? dumb dumb?

[@treadhead]

10 % FOR THE BIG GUY & BUYING MORE OF HUNTERS MASTERPIECES ??????? **** AND THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF -- " SUPPOSEDLY SAID " " SHOOT IT DOWN " , THE. AFGAN PULLOUT HIS ORDERS WERE. FOLLOWED ****** BUT HIS " SHOOT DOWN ORDER " WAS NOT TAKEN , " SOME " NOT FOLLOWING ORDERS MAYBE ??????? MAYBE THOSE COMPANIES ASSOCIATED WITH CHINA CAN HAVE THEIR COMPANIES LOGO PUT ON THOSE BALLONS ??????? ( REPRESENTATIVE. ERIC SWALLWELL 'S PICTURE & HIS CHINESE SPY ? )

[@edsalinas9996]

I didn't realize shooting down a balloon was so complicated. Of course if I'm this F-22 pilot, I would just NOT brag when I get back to the squadron.

[@johndoe-uf9pu]

Maverick would have brought it down with just the after burners

[@notmyfirstrodeo6831]

Upside down while flipping the bird 😅

[@sizzlechest6070]

Is this the best comms they have Or is this breaking up because they are editing the radio traffic.

[@scrag0416]

Great video TOI is (target of interest).

[@maxinefreeman8858]

This should've been done over Alaska. Too Little Too Late

[@tomr3422]

Or they could have just covered it up like the previous administration, but that would be nothing too late - Its good to have a real man in charge instead of a clown

[@kaydenlord9137]

@@tomr3422 Biden sure is a real man, even with his dementia and mental retardation he will lead our country to victory! Even if we're all dead!

[@tomr3422]

@@kaydenlord9137 stop deflecting the problem of your cult leader on others - its sad that you just cant stop crying- are you tired of winning yet?

[@kaydenlord9137]

@@tomr3422 oh I'm not deflecting anything lmao, I honestly hate politicians all together, but I also don't understand how a mentally defective individual should be charged with such a responsibility as running an entire nation...

[@salpirwani]

Imagine the Pilot talking about his Good Ol Air Force days at a Bar when he's Retired with a Combat Veteran Hat on..."I was the first pilot in the F22 with an Official Kill!" "Oh Wow so it was you who shot the balloon?!" 😂😂

[@danielh1708]

Better than missing a balloon...

[@unelectedleader6494]

It’s too late. Ive seen all of the strategic McDonalds locations.

[@Troy707]

Entering the kill zone… “The balloon, it’s coming right for me!!!” Kablamo! We have a confirmed kill…

[@jonnijon8370]

The Japanese did this during the second world war.

[@tomvogt5988]

Oh boy, now you did it. Some of the posters on here are going to have to read for the first-time what WW2 was.

[@ralphups7782]

there was other things observing, slow video down 0.25 7:48/8:36 at 4 oclock right and before but they are moving to fast.

[@lelonfurr1200]

but why did you wait a week boe jiden?

[@scottperry9581]

These overflights are relatively common. This was special only in that it was publicized. If it posed a threat it would have been taken out earlier. If there had no been all this public excitement it would not have been downed at all.

[@ksavage681]

Joe aint scared of a balloon thats why.

[@LS-kg1by]

But wait, VP Kamala says that is why school buses are yellow.

[@johncaviness9241]

I wonder how many dollar stores the Chinese counted

[@riangarcia6115]

How Abt some real a to a combat w j20s?

[@andrewdutton3831]

Holy crap....how was this not encrypted?

[@manofcultura]

LoL and give whatever signal analysis tools the Chinese have a good look at our encryption tools?

[@jacobpitts6846]

There was no reason to spend time filling the radios with keys and making sure everyone had them, when the entire federal govt is trying to listen in. This isn't sensitive and it's happening in plain sight over the US in a non wartime scenario, why bother?

[@AonghasMcTavish]

Certain parts are blanked out. You can hear them being interrupted by the censoring, so I imagine that this is willingly available.

[@unelectedleader6494]

Its redacted. Didn’t you notice the cuts?

[@blackorchidwx7626]

Everyone knew this was going to happen. No reason to hide.

[@kenpryor4440]

Why didnt they take a big chopper and hook to it and then pop it slowly then take it to base i know the big choppers they have can carry it or would that be to easy

[@Bluelagoonstudios]

Amazing how ATC redirects normal flights to another sector/ place well done.

[@bangcallahan]

To bad we couldn't have had an "intercept and capture balloon" Don't get me wrong, it was impressive to watch on LIVE aviation app to watch the planes on station and of course the missile intercept and kill was cool.

[@danielh1708]

Yes, if it all worked like in the movies, that would have been cool.

[@TimothyMichaels]

When are we going to shoot down Tik Tok? 😁

[@SkyBaum]

@Airplane Ian was able to get one flight out before the ground stop 🛑 took effect. We watched it all go down over our pad right next to Broadway @ the Beach 🏖. All the best to your channel 😎 #SkyBaum

[@AlexS-tg9on]

Can’t wait for a Hollywood blockbuster about this event 🎉

[@SvetlanaVoikova]

😆

[@chamonix4658]

balloonbuster

[@craigwask6098]

A few more balloons and this pilot will gain “Ace” statue

[@matpk]

CCP use tiktok to spy on Americans😂🎉 not stupid balloons

[@bobmcgehee1749]

Did they recover the payload yet?

[@ksavage681]

You'll never know. Thats classified. And they'd never admit it was a weather balloon they shot down.

[@jerk_store]

@Paul Getty Correction, Monday afternoon, some time after his 3PM wake-up call.

[@tomvogt5988]

@@jerk_store Don't forget feeding and changing time. He's going to be pissed when he sees it's not party balloons and there isn't any ice cream.

[@charlesanderson9277]

THEY BLEW IT ALL TO HELL , THEY DIDN'T WANT IT RECOVERED , THEY SHOT THE DAMN PAYLOAD !

[@joeharris3878]

Our hero.

[@soralaraison]

We wait for heroes over ukrain.

[@badasserien8518]

F22 pilot: Fox one! ….. wait, the missile isn’t tracking ….. enemy must have deployed counter measures. Ground: Idiot! You were aiming at the moon!