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njharman
on Feb 5, 2023
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U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese survei...
Apparently not, civil war and WWII (both balloons btw) search for "down"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Army_Balloon_Corps
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb
f5ve
on Feb 5, 2023
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haha, so the first military aircraft shot down over the US was a case of friendly-fire. The Union shot down it's own reconnaissance balloon, although
technically
the balloon was a civilian device.
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