They’re programmed to destruct before hitting the ground. Fighters also use self depleting rounds that disintegrate.

They absolutely get made fun of by the other pilots.

Came here to say this. The missed sidewinder is probably the only cost. Those planes would have been flying anyway. Possibly even shooting expensive missiles at dummy targets.

I’m surprised sidewinders can even track balloons, frankly. They’re heat seeking missiles, a balloon has to be pretty close to ambient air temperature, unlike a jet engine.

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That’s a rounding error for the US defense budget.

why didn't the drag him down?

Time to release 10,000,000 more balloons.

Hindenburg people want to get paid for doing their research. They exploit a weakness in the system for profit. Like 95% of corporations do basically the same thing everyday.

There's a historic argument that the lack of spanish/portuguese institutions during colonialism in these regions was good for their long-term development. Chile, Uruguay and Costa Rica were some of the most ignored and poorest parts of the spanish/portuguese/brazilian empires (Uruguay used to be a brazilian province prior to independence), thus did not inherit the extractivist, cast-based and elite-oriented institutions of the spanish as much as their neighbors, these institutions, one could argue, would be the start of the corruption problems and political strife between the elites that haunts/haunted much of Latin America throughout it's history.

Thus, Chile, Uruguay, and Costa Rica were able to build up their own institutions in a manor that favored development more in the long term and made corruption less present.

"Democracy, I love you, I love you, I love you"

Antonio Aras, Brazil

Yeah, that balloon was most likely a hobbyist balloon so…

In Quebec some people feel closer ties to France than Canada - does this mean France should invade?

1/2 a million for missing a balloon with no active manuverability? Think world militaries have oversold themselves lately… disgusting

IRIS-T is better.

>it'll go down really fast i believe

Narrator: it won't.

How much of these costs are salaries paid anyway?

It’s not designed to hit 50 cent balloons. That’d be a bigger waste of money.

I’m wondering where the first missile went then lmao

I was protesting on the streets when the US invaded Iraque in the 90s as well as in the 2000s. And I would've been because of Vietnam or the CIA's involvement in Latin America. So I am not one of "you guys".

Doesn't change the fact that any aggressor who invades a neighbour should get a clear opinion of the world.

Right, you then try to shoot it down, I’ll wait.

It's still 141:7 of those who voted. Like a general election, where no one talks about the 33% who did not. So your point is that we should generally talk about those who abstained?

Yeah I will see how much you care about humanity if I ask about your opinion about oppression of Palestinians by Zionists and how the west supports this apartheid. So come down from your moral high ground.

Sounds like a bad choice of weapons

Yeah Saddam was a dictator. So US and its allies ( including Ukraine ) sends its army to invade that country and made it worse than it was ever before. Good thinking.

They have done exactly the same with Libya. They will do it again. Thats what they have been doing for a long time. Tell me why they still sanction Cuba? Which country did they invade? What destruction did Cuba caused in any countries? They are still sanctioned even when majority of the countries in UN has voted against the sanctions. The west can do whatever they want and they will always has an excuse or explanation. As far as I am concerned, the US and its allies has caused more harm than Russia ever did. Thats not an excuse for Russia but stating where you guys stand in this.