• Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    7 days ago

    IIRC the missile was used because they weren’t sure if the balloon had self-sealing capabilities (theres no way that the skin would have activated the fuses on the 20mm shells) and they wanted it to come down quickly. I think collateral damage was a concern as well since it was over a fairly populated part of florida, could be wrong about that.

    But yes, so much cooler with the gun.