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Originally Posted by SteamWake
WTF a live missle 50 miles off Panama city?
Thats really strange. Theres an airbase not far from there but a "live" missle?
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Tyndall AFB.
I was given an in depth tour of that facility some years ago. They have actual drone launch pads that fire drones as far as 100 miles out into the gulf of mexico. F-15s from Tyndall AFB routinely intercept and shoot the drones down with live rounds for practice.
as the activity takes place 50 to 100 miles out to sea in airspace areas known as "W-151D, E and F" and frequently further south - few people witness it and even fewer even know it takes place.
my assumption is that an aircraft with an emergency jettisoned the weapon, or the missile missfired / was a dud against an USAF target drone.