A bit of a mystery

11-09-10, 09:47 AM

Mysterious missile lights up the sky over the Pacific

Would this type of thing happen without notifying any other nation?

http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=13468118

TLAM Strike · 11-09-10, 09:57 AM

Could have been a sounding rocket.

11-09-10, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Could have been a sounding rocket.

During the vid someone comments on the size of the contrail. It does seem large. Would a sounding rocket produce that size a contrail?

razark · 11-09-10, 10:05 AM

Someone just sent me a link to the story:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40087187...news-security/

11-09-10, 10:12 AM

'Pentagon and Navy baffled' ........ That doesn't sound good.

NORAD most certainly tracked it and knows where it started and ended.

TLAM Strike · 11-09-10, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by The Third Man

During the vid someone comments on the size of the contrail. It does seem large. Would a sounding rocket produce that size a contrail?

Depends on how close it was to the people taking the pictures, with out any objects of reference its hard to tell, it could be 15 feet from a camera. razark vid also suggests it might be amateurs or a accidental launch from an military aircraft (it happens).

11-09-10, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

........ or a accidental launch from an military aircraft (it happens).

It appears to be on a ballistic trajectory. Does the AF still have the ASM-135 ASAT in its inventory?

TLAM Strike · 11-09-10, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by The Third Man

It appears to be on a ballistic trajectory. Does the AF still have the ASM-135 ASAT in its inventory?

No the ASAT has been retired. But its possible that an aircraft in a climb could accidentally launch a AAM causing a ballistic trajectory.

Takeda Shingen · 11-09-10, 12:01 PM

Huh. I don't buy the 'demonstrating that we can launch a SLBM' because everyone already knows that we have that capability. The ambiguity is kind of worrying; I'd say forget gold, it may be time to invest in scrap.

mookiemookie · 11-09-10, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Huh. I don't buy the 'demonstrating that we can launch a SLBM' because everyone already knows that we have that capability. The ambiguity is kind of worrying; I'd say forget gold, it may be time to invest in scrap.

Or Sunset Sasparilla Star Bottle Caps.

11-09-10, 12:21 PM

The Air Force launches its ICBMs toward Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands from Vandenburgh AFB. Perhaps it was a SLBM using the AF test range.

Takeda Shingen · 11-09-10, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Or Sunset Sasparilla Star Bottle Caps.

Bring them with you if you ever come out east and we'll play some Caravan.

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11-09-10, 10:12 AM	#5
The Third Man Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	'Pentagon and Navy baffled' ........ That doesn't sound good. NORAD most certainly tracked it and knows where it started and ended.

11-09-10, 12:01 PM	#9
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Huh. I don't buy the 'demonstrating that we can launch a SLBM' because everyone already knows that we have that capability. The ambiguity is kind of worrying; I'd say forget gold, it may be time to invest in scrap.

11-09-10, 12:21 PM	#11
The Third Man Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	The Air Force launches its ICBMs toward Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands from Vandenburgh AFB. Perhaps it was a SLBM using the AF test range.