Mystery Missile Launched Off of West Coast

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My first thought was a MDA test, but the Pentagon is still claiming they don't know the source. I don't know why we would still be claiming that if it was a missile defense test.
 
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This worries me, that a missile can be launched so close to CA and nobody knows anything about it.
 
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Someone is going to lose this job over this. Probably an Interceptor test that someone fired off without following protocol.
 
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DC Vol said:
Someone is going to lose this job over this. Probably an Interceptor test that someone fired off without following protocol.
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That's a pretty big mistake if that is what happened, but that's also what came to my mind...
 
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if it's a navy ship, it will be known in a couple of days at the most. you can't hid that stuff.
 
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TennTradition said:
My first thought was a MDA test, but the Pentagon is still claiming they don't know the source. I don't know why we would still be claiming that if it was a missile defense test.
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Not a "shot" at you or your post, but the public doesn't need to know (nor do most truly want to) know everything going on with our military. My opinion is, do what you have to do and life goes on undisturbed. Ignorance can be bliss for the masses.
 
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volmanbill said:
not a "shot" at you or your post, but the public doesn't need to know (nor do most truly want to) know everything going on with our military. My opinion is, do what you have to do and life goes on undisturbed. Ignorance can be bliss for the masses.
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+832
 
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volmanbill said:
Not a "shot" at you or your post, but the public doesn't need to know (nor do most truly want to) know everything going on with our military. My opinion is, do what you have to do and life goes on undisturbed. Ignorance can be bliss for the masses.
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I agree with this, in general, but when past missile defense tests have (to my knowledge) been announced, this seems to me to be inconsistent with that history.

Also, we usually don't fire missiles off unannounced out of concern of triggering early warning responses from places like Russia. At least, that's why I assume the tests are usually discussed in the public sphere before being conducted.

That's why I raised the question I did....seems inconsistent with past tests, though that would be my first guess at what it was (and therefore I think I'm likely wrong).
 
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Like he'd admit it anyway Droski. Things of Military significance are better left to those who are on a need to know basis. I dont consider Mr. Obama a member of that club. Just keep shooting hoops with celebs, and spending my money sending your wife and kids on vacation. The more time he spends away from the White House, the better.
 
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TennTradition said:
I agree with this, in general, but when past missile defense tests have (to my knowledge) been announced, this seems to me to be inconsistent with that history.

Also, we usually don't fire missiles off unannounced out of concern of triggering early warning responses from places like Russia. At least, that's why I assume the tests are usually discussed in the public sphere before being conducted.

That's why I raised the question I did....seems inconsistent with past tests, though that would be my first guess at what it was (and therefore I think I'm likely wrong).
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That's true when it's an MDA/DoD sanctioned test. The problem is if Boeing/Lockheed/Raytheon were doing a test of a prelim test of R&D interceptors they wouldn't go through the same channels. Someone probably just missed an "FYI" somewhere to issue a NOTAM and it ends up with something like this.

I can guarantee you the people who truly need to know the origin, apex and destination of this missile know all about it. It's a matter of "we don't want to out an organization or agency" about a pretty grievous mistake.
 
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TennTradition said:
I agree with this, in general, but when past missile defense tests have (to my knowledge) been announced, this seems to me to be inconsistent with that history.

Also, we usually don't fire missiles off unannounced out of concern of triggering early warning responses from places like Russia. At least, that's why I assume the tests are usually discussed in the public sphere before being conducted.

That's why I raised the question I did....seems inconsistent with past tests, though that would be my first guess at what it was (and therefore I think I'm likely wrong).
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This. Absolutely.

As a former partaker of the MDA boondoggle, these tests are announced so foreign nations with the ability to retaliate know what we are doing.

If it was a legit missile launch that the military isn't commenting on, my first guess would be that we went after another low orbit satellite we didn't want anybody to know about. But who really knows.
 
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rjd970 said:
This. Absolutely.

As a former partaker of the MDA boondoggle, these tests are announced so foreign nations with the ability to retaliate know what we are doing.

If it was a legit missile launch that the military isn't commenting on, my first guess would be that we went after another low orbit satellite we didn't want anybody to know about. But who really knows.
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If we really wanted to fire one off in secret, it seems that we would do it from the interceptor base in Alaska, or if possible, preferably an Aegis-based interceptor in the middle of the Pacific ... not off the coast of LA at sunset.....

...by the way...I had a little chuckle at the MDA boondoggle reference :birgits_giggle: ....
 
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This reminds me of the Austin Powers 2 gag.


"it looks like a..." "DICK! Come and look at this! There's a flying..." "Weinahs! Get yo' Weinahs! Hey is that a..." etc.
 
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From the CNN article:

John Pike, a defense expert who is director of GlobalSecurity.org, said he believes he has solved the mystery.

"It's clearly an airplane contrail," Pike said Tuesday afternoon. "It's an optical illusion that looks like it's going up, whereas in reality it's going towards the camera. The tip of the contrail is moving far too slowly to be a rocket. When it's illuminated by the sunset, you can see hundreds of miles of it ... all the way to the horizon.
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Pentagon can't explain apparent mystery rocket off California coast - CNN.com
 
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Pelosi just found out that the left lost control of the house.

Thus the fireworks.
 
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