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A nearly half-million-dollar Sidewinder missile was fired at a mysterious unarmed object over Lake Huron. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON - It was more “oops” than “Top Gun” when a US fighter pilot roared up to fire a nearly half-million-dollar Sidewinder missile atUS officials admit the would-be ace needed a second shot with one of the air-to-air missiles, which cost at least US$400,000 a pop, when engaging the unidentified aerial object from an F-16 fighter on Sunday above the sprawling lake on the US-Canada border.

Authorities are currently scouring the remote area for remnants of the eventually destroyed target, one of three unidentified aerial objects brought down in the space of three days.an even higher profile downing of a large Chinese balloon

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