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US jet shoots down unknown object flying off Alask...
A drone of some sort, something with an engine if they used a heat seeking missile.
operatingthetan
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"Heat seeking" is a bit of a misnomer. It uses thermal imaging to determine contrast against the background and then heads to the center of the detected object. No engine required. This is the same missile they used last week.
jandrewrogers
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The US doesn't have any heat-seeking missiles. They use multi-spectral imagers that can see in the infrared spectrum among others.
Rebelgecko
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Didn't they use a heat seeking missile on the balloon in Carolina?
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