Dont those f22’s have some kind of cameras, or why did they shot it down before having some information?
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As a general rule the military does not release footage, and even when it does it is only after several rounds of declassification reviews which takes some time. The quality of the footage also varies a lot depending on weather and other conditions so it might not be that anything is visible at all. The air force have not required visuals on the target they shoot down for quite a number of years. There are also very few civilians living in the arctic ocean and even if they knew where to point their cameras it could have been overcast.
When you hear press secretaries say that they do not have any more information at this time it means that they personally do not know more, or at least not that they can tell the reporters. It is basically them saying that they do not take questions on this subject. It does not mean that nobody in the entire government have any more information then what is being said. The radar and airplane operators have a lot of information and only pass on some of that to the Pentagon, the intelligence services also have a ton of information and only share the relevant information to those who need it. The Pentagon also filters all this information so that only a tiny bit of it gets to the White House and the President, just enough for them to make a decision. And lastly the press secretary is only given some of this information, and even still they might get information that they are not allowed to tell anyone. So you are left with a tiny statement containing all the information that they can tell the reporters at the press conference. They do not have any more information about the event to share with the reporters.
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