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U.S. F-16 Shoots Down An Unidentified ‘Octagon Shaped’ Object Over Lake Huron

submitted by knightwarrior41 to WTF 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 17:23:16 ago (+11/-1)     (theaviationist.com)

https://theaviationist.com/2023/02/12/f-16-shoots-down-an-unidentified-octagon-shaped-object-over-lake-huron/

setting the narrative for the next "crisis"?


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[ - ] bossman131 0 points 2.3 yearsFeb 13, 2023 09:07:41 ago (+0/-0)

Believe nothing you hear and only half of what you see, If it was anything of significance it would be kept a secret. Kinda like the covid hoax where it's blasted 24/7 on every news site. Eyes open for what they are really up to.

[ - ] paul_neri 0 points 2.3 yearsFeb 13, 2023 03:15:04 ago (+0/-0)

I suspect New Zealand is behind this!

[ - ] dulcima 0 points 2.3 yearsFeb 13, 2023 00:22:11 ago (+0/-0)

[ - ] kammmmak 0 points 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 20:59:58 ago (+0/-0)

Did the Simpsons predict this lol

[ - ] Monica 0 points 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 21:22:53 ago (+0/-0)

[ - ] AngryWhiteKeyboardWarrior 4 points 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 19:17:58 ago (+4/-0)

If I was a troll with massive fuck you money, I'd be buying and releasing balloons and shit just to fuck with the government.

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 18:58:16 ago (+1/-0)

Nice job, destroying that stop sign!

[ - ] 2Drunk 3 points 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 18:30:27 ago (+3/-0)

Are we sure it wasn't a weather balloon?

[ - ] knightwarrior41 [op] 2 points 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 18:31:34 ago (+2/-0)

it could have been just swamp gas 🤣

[ - ] bossman131 0 points 2.3 yearsFeb 13, 2023 09:10:22 ago (+0/-0)

that's the rumor going around and if the media ignores it then it must be true.

[ - ] Portmanure 8 points 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 18:25:00 ago (+8/-0)

This will get boring real fast, when do we get to the “UFO shoots down F-16” part of the story?

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 18:59:13 ago (+1/-0)

When that happens, they claim there was "an accident". Possibly "pilot error".

[ - ] deleted 6 points 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 18:00:37 ago (+6/-0)

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[ - ] knightwarrior41 [op] 3 points 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 18:27:27 ago (+3/-0)

yeah pretty much this, i agree

[ - ] uvulectomy 1 point 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 21:19:05 ago (+1/-0)

Was about to say the exact same thing. Glad to know we're all on the same page. This reeks of psyop.

[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry 4 points 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 17:35:35 ago (+4/-0)

Every year has to have a theme to scare or piss off people. This is act 2 of this years theme. They've been building up to it.

[ - ] xmasskull 6 points 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 18:17:48 ago (+6/-0)

How convenient the UFO was shot down over the deepest part of the lake. hmmmmm.?

[ - ] knightwarrior41 [op] 3 points 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 18:27:05 ago (+3/-0)

there's no video about it either

[ - ] Anus_Expander 4 points 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 18:38:15 ago (+4/-0)

'The 300 million dollar plane does not have video capability'

[ - ] xmasskull 3 points 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 18:40:51 ago (+3/-0)

We's forgets to load da camraz boss.!!??

[ - ] AngryWhiteKeyboardWarrior 1 point 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 19:19:35 ago (+1/-0)

And yet there's HUD footage from other F-16's on Youtube, including a famous one from 1991 during Desert Storm.

[ - ] uvulectomy 0 points 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 21:23:20 ago (+0/-0)

F-16 unit cost is around 18-20 million.

The F-22 was calculated at about $360m per operational aircraft (calculated from total program cost) when production wound down, with incremental costs being around $138m.

[ - ] Belfuro 0 points 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 21:54:54 ago (+0/-0)

I heard $175 million per f22?

The F35, far less capable though benefiting twenty years of tech advances costs upwards of $115 million

[ - ] uvulectomy 0 points 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 22:13:36 ago (+0/-0)

The incremental would be the cost of materials/time to produce one. The $360m comes from taking the entire program cost and dividing it by the number of aircraft delivered.

Low-Rate Initial Production for the F-35A was $79.2m each. The entire project is also behind schedule, and over-budget, including an 18-month, $6.2bn delay caused by having to reduce the weight of the F-35B (the STOVL variant) by some 2,200lbs due to increases in weapon-carrying requirements making it overweight.

[ - ] Belfuro 0 points 2.3 yearsFeb 12, 2023 23:05:06 ago (+0/-0)

The F35 program is a failure.

But they can improve the over all outcome by ditching the F35 b.

That platform was the primary cause of the cost runs and loss of performance. Too much jack of all trades and compromises.