A bit of a mystery

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by The Third Man

Alaska? LA is not even close. And that type of contrail wouldn't be visible. The earth is still round isn't it?

D-5s range is +4000 miles, well within range, furthermore the boost phase of an SLBM is rather visible.



Particularly considering the sun was behind it, IIRC, which means that it's silhouetted even more.

Still, it's a pretty stupid place to fire from if you're not going to flat trajectory into a city, talk about give away your position.