Im not going to look it all up but I have in the past, a simple man launched missile from a jeep was $50,000 in the 80's anything from a 40M jet will be exponentially higher. and some of the missiles carried are over a million each. the fuel, the time of all involved, and there are many both in the airforce and in both govts. the research to know where the balloon is and where it will be when the jet gets there. air traffic control on both sides. even the guy that has to recheck the plane after it lands to make sure it is ready to fly again. someone somewhere must have had the job to know what the balloon was and if it was a weather balloon, or just someones party balloons before that kind of money gets spent. that guy ows the govt and the balloon owner a check.
On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 2:45 PM John Denison via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm guessing they're about $60,000 each, and it would probably be cheaper > to fire cash at the balloons. The plus side is that the recovery effort > would be much quicker. > > I was wondering why the US Air Force was in Canada anyway. > > 73 > John Denison > KD5YOU > > On 2/16/2023 2:02 PM, Mike Hardwick via BVARC wrote: > > The missiles are new old stock. I bet the value is barely $250,000! The > Air Force needed something to clear out the old inventory. > > Mike Hardwick. > > On Feb 16, 2023, at 1:01 PM, JP Pritchard via BVARC <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Just think. *Each* of the missiles fired at the balloon or balloons cost > about half a million dollars. > > JP K5JPP > > On 02/16/2023 12:34 PM Keith Dutson via BVARC <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I would like to meet the ham who paid for that balloon. Must be flush > with cash. > > 73, Keith NM5G > > On Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 10:28:57 AM CST, Gus Bernard via BVARC > <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > > > LOVE IT! > > BTW, the Naval Academy's midshipmen balloon experiment site (linked under > the pico balloon picture) is extremely interesting. I'm not a "ballooner," > but that site piqued my interest! > > Gus K5GMB > > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 8:27 AM Christopher Boone via BVARC < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Think we're getting a little zealous here lately....smdh > > Chris WB5ITT > > > https://www.rtl-sdr.com/the-us-airforce-may-have-shot-down-an-amateur-radio-pico-balloon-over-canada/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing > [email protected]http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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