It is said that a US F-16 fighter jet wasted missiles worth 500 million won because it failed to shoot down an unarmed “unidentified object” at once. It blew an expensive missile into the air.
According to Archyde.com and other news outlets on the 14th (local time), Mark Milley, chairman of the US Chorus, said that day, “The first missile missed its target, but fell into the lake without harm.”
Previously, the US Department of Defense reported on the 12th that an Air Force F-16 fighter jet shot down an ‘octagonal structure’ with an AIM-9 air-to-air missile at an altitude of about 6,000 meters above Lake Huron, Michigan.
Authorities advertised that they had shot down an aircraft found throughout the US mainland recently, but did not mention the fact that they missed the aircraft over Lake Huron, which was the last target to be shot down.
The price of AIM-9, a typical short-range air-to-air missile, reaches at least 400,000 dollars (about 500 million won).
AFP reported the related news and expressed, “The moment when the fighter pilot fired the sidewinder worth almost $500,000 with a roar was closer to ‘Oops’ than (movie) ‘Top Gun’.”