What kind of aircraft do you see as the future of balloon hunting?There are records of the Soviet Union trying to intercept thousands of surveillance balloons. It was difficult because of the altitude and the balloon having too low of a radar and thermal profile.
>>65086649Laser armed B-777 with FLIR detection and targeting.>>65086649>and the balloon having too low of a radar and thermal profile.Soviets didn't have thermal cameras.
>>65086649>What kind of aircraft do you see as the future of balloon hunting?At the rate lasers are improving I don't see any future for aircraft balloon hunting. Balloons have a huge radar profile, dunno what you're talking about on that one, though radars were more primitive at one point. And obviously optically you can see them from forever away as well. At 90k ft distance to horizon is gonna be like 370 miles. They can be blapped from ages away if anyone cares.Obviously missiles have come a long-ass way since the 1970s too, it'd be trivial to shoot down a balloon now if someone thought it was actually important. Historically though they aren't very useful so nobody actually feels like going to much effort.
>>65086710>thermal profile>Soviets didn't have thermal cameras.>what is IRST
>>65086931Something the commies didn't have.
>>65087061Not only did they have it, it was the one area where they were more advanced than NATO.
>>65086931>>what is IRSTVatniks cope what it is.Soviet IRST didn't have thermal cameras.
>>65087685Sure they did...(you're a retard)
>>65087061God damn this board has fallen off in every possible metric >>65088074How is that relevant retard? This is about thermal signatures which any infrared sensor is capable of
>>65088145>How is that relevant retard? This is about thermal signatures which any infrared sensor is capable ofYou got knowledge that Soviet IRSTs had no thermal camera irihht here in this this thread. Why do you argue about topic you have no clue about?
>>65088240Kill yourself dumbass
