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Texas_Blue_Dem

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15. Without knowing the details

Reply to City Lights (Reply #10)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 07:06 PM

2 hrs ago

It could have been a shoulder fired missile which are able to be used by 1 person, easily concealed in a truck bed, and cheap (compared to most other weapons). I don't know what altitude the helicopter was at but it may not have had much warning or time to try and evade it.

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