To be fair even though it is incredibly pedantic and meaningless at this point etc using two missiles to confirm kills is standard air doctrine and really would be far more embarrassing if the 1 in 1,000,000 chance the stupid pilot shot the missile wrong(e.g too far away or from too far below etc) than just using two and getting it done.
But yeah it seems even the first one missed anyway so I'm not even sure what that says about them.
Most sources say it used a single sidewinder missile. Where are you hearing it used two missiles? It is weird that a heatseaking missile took out a cold balloon.
A reminder that the F-22 had to use two missiles to shoot down a large, barely moving, unpropelled, baloon.
To be fair even though it is incredibly pedantic and meaningless at this point etc using two missiles to confirm kills is standard air doctrine and really would be far more embarrassing if the 1 in 1,000,000 chance the stupid pilot shot the missile wrong(e.g too far away or from too far below etc) than just using two and getting it done.
But yeah it seems even the first one missed anyway so I'm not even sure what that says about them.
That only seems silly if you don't agree the real purpose of a military is to fire as many missiles as possible
As distinct from most other depts, whose real purpose is to send as many missives as possible
Most sources say it used a single sidewinder missile. Where are you hearing it used two missiles? It is weird that a heatseaking missile took out a cold balloon.
Looks like I was thinking of another balloon that was shot down by an F16 and two missiles.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unidentified-object-shot-down-lake-huron-missile-missed-general-mark-milley/