Israeli Air Force shoots down party ballon

[kwerk]

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/12/16/israel.negev.shootdown/index.html?hpt=Sbin

Jerusalem (CNN) -- The Israeli Air Force shot down an unidentified flying object over the Dimona nuclear plant in the Negev Desert Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces said.

The object appeared in a designated no-fly zone, the air force was scrambled and the object was shot down, the IDF said.

The object could have been a party balloon, the IDF said, but forces have not yet found the debris to determine what it was.

 

[Nitefly]

Sounds like a load of hot air to me.

 

[doofer]

Thankfully the situation was deflated almost instantly, could have blown up into a much bigger incident.

 

[slambo69]

Always good to see the IDF pop in to help.

 

[Tefal]

if it was a part balloon that is some fantastically accurate shooting by the pilot.

 

[Monkeynut]

Sounds like the Israelis were really pumped up and needed something to shoot at.

 

[Turambar]

They probably got bored not shooting at things. Expect more rogue party balloons now the pilots know the excuse works.

 

[JBuk]

if it was a part balloon that is some fantastically accurate shooting by the pilot.

they were pressured into it

 

[OriginalJonty]

if it was a part balloon that is some
fantastically accurate shooting by the pilot.

It'll probably inflate his ego.

 

[Monkeynut]

It'll probably inflate his ego.

Though the owner of the balloon was let down.

 

[MarcLister]

Thankfully the situation was deflated almost instantly, could have blown up into a much bigger incident.

Well if it turns out to have been an Iranian test of Israel's defences this could balloon into a mini crisis.

 

[The Funktopus]

98 Red Balloons.....

 

[gambitt]

I wonder who floated that idea.

 

[JBuk]

Israeli Airforce pilot in 'firing his loaded weapon into a balloon knot' shocker

 

[lcg]

I bet this has gone down like a lead balloon.

 

[MarcLister]

I bet this has gone down like a lead balloon.

WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT?!

 

[Cosimo]

Sounds like a lot of hot air to me.

 

[The Funktopus]

WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT?!

I know, I feel I've let myself down....

 

[dpbadger]

Was it shifting in and out of dimensions?

 

[Freefaller]

Ahhh good ol' Israeli excessive use of force. Awesome.