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What Was That Chinese Balloon Really Up To?

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F-22 Raptors - The First Air to Air Kill

It's possibly the first time in the 25 year history of the F-22 that it's done what's known as an air to air kill. It's also at high gravity. The pilot managed to hit it because it's very, very difficult to shoot these things down. Even though it's sort of semi slow moving, it's just sort of drifting through the sky. Of course, they're used to picking stuff up out of the ocean after it lands.

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