High-altitude object shot down over Alaska, US says

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The Sidewinder missile is true a heat seeking missile. The balloon was white and the balloon was in sunlight for hours. The white balloon should have a heat signature which the Sidewinder missile could target on.

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At 40k feet high in far northern latitudes, it's very cold. Sunlight wouldn't have done much to warm it up. Heat seakers lock on to very hot sources, usually thermal exhaust from engines. Flares used to divert heat seakers are also very hot and stand out in thermal vision. A passively floating balloon would get lost in the noise.
 

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At 40k feet high in far northern latitudes, it's very cold. Sunlight wouldn't have done much to warm it up. Heat seakers lock on to very hot sources, usually thermal exhaust from engines. Flares used to divert heat seakers are also very hot and stand out in thermal vision. A passively floating balloon would get lost in the noise.

Have you considered that it might have been a hot air balloon?
 

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Yes, this is a very serious political issue. This will lead to a future war between the US and China in the future. This is because Xi Jinping plans to invade the island of Taiwan in the future. He warned the US government not to defend the island of Taiwan. By ballooning. In effect the Chinese Communist Party controls the stratosphere of the earth. This is an evil plan. The Chinese Communist Party scouts the stratosphere on five continents and they intend to use high speed missiles to station themselves in the stratosphere for a long time. These balloons are like star-chain satellites.
In the future war will break out between the US and China. This is the Chinese dictator, XiQQ拼音截图未命名.jpg
 

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