An F-22 fighter jet shot down a Chinese balloon with its AIM-9X missile off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday and the operation to retrieve the debris is underway. Know how much it cost, how powerful the F-22 was and Miss Captain carried out this mission.
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America has F-22 fighter jet of China by firing missiles from China Spy Balloon has been shot down. Chinese spy balloon was seen at America’s nuclear site. After this it was also seen in Latin America. the pentagon Has claimed that the Chinese spy balloon was spying. An F-22 fighter jet shot down a Chinese balloon with its AIM-9X missile off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday and the operation to retrieve the debris is underway.
The F-22 fighter is counted among the powerful fighter jets. It flies at a speed of 2400 kilometers per hour and flies up to a maximum height of 65000 feet.
cost of dropping a chinese balloon
A single sidewinder missile has been used to bring down the Chinese balloon. Whose name is AIM-9X. The US had deployed two F-22 Raptors fighter jets to bring down the Chinese spy balloon balloon. It has been prepared by the aerospace and defense sector giant Lockheed Martin. The F-22 Raptors fighter jet first flew on September 7, 1997 in Georgia. This single seater fighter jet has been designed to destroy the enemy with air-to-air missiles. It is equipped with many missiles. Like- AIM-120 AMRAAM missile and AIM-9X Sidewinder missile.
The AIM-9X Sidewinder missile which has been used to bring down the Chinese balloon is equipped with hi-tech weapons. The missile was monitored with the help of cameras, radars and sensors. It was released targeting the Chinese balloon.
This is the specialty of the missiles of F-22 Raptors fighter jet, which does not miss to target the target. The Sidewinder missile blasts the target with a top speed of 3000 kmph. The cost of shooting down a Chinese balloon with this missile is Rs 3,12,48,730.
Who is the balloon master who shot down the Chinese balloon?
According to the report of DailyMail, the Chinese balloon was at a height of 120 feet. It was flying with the help of helium gas. With the help of F22, the work of killing the Chinese balloon has been done by Luke Junior, who received the Air Service Medal of the US Army. He is also known as the Balloon Buster of Arizona. Born on May 19, 1897, Luke was also the captain of the track team and a member of the football-basketball team at Phoenix High School.
His pilot training started at the age of 20 and became a part of the 27th Aero Squadron team. It was during this time that he got training to shoot down such balloons. During the recent mission, he was accompanied by a close friend, Lieutenant Joseph Wehner. This mission has been successful. The Pentagon itself confirmed this and US President Biden has also congratulated the Pentagon for its victory.
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