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[–] Alto@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That doesn't change the fact that you're not going to hit an object going 125mph at 9000'

[–] drdabbles@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It absolutely does. Airplanes were being shot down in Vietnam with an SKS firing 7.62 rounds. Now, the question at that point would be do you want someone lobbing bullets into the sky so they can fall back down and potentially hurt someone or damage something? Absolutely not. But it's not only possible, it has been done before.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The planes dropping napalm were flying low, not damn near 2 miles up.

You can think you're john wick all you want, it's not fucking happening

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You've put far too much time and effort into something nobody else is taking seriously.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, the extensive time and effort of typing a handful of sentences