Mysterious Missile Launched near L.A.

[devilof76]

Has it hit China yet?

 

[fosing]

Skynet is just running diagnostics. no need panic.
its not self aware.....yet.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Has it hit China yet?

that would be awesome

 

[devilof76]

I was going to say, if not then what's the big deal? But, ok. Awesome. A little global thermal nuclear war never hurt anybody.

 

[Darth Cruel]

Sorry, no. I've seen more than my fair share of Vandenburg AFB missle launches and contrails here in SoCal, and this object exhibited the exact same ballistic behavior. Unless, airliners now fly vertically into the sky from the ocean. Jets generate independent contrails from each engine that merge into one. Videos of the incident don't show this, they show a red flame with a huge single plume of exhaust resembling burnt rocket propellent...not condensation. It's definitely a missle. "It was a plane" is about as legitimate an explaination in this case as 'It was Superman".

The frightening part is that The Pentagon claims (or feigns) ignorance of it's origin, so either our military is responsible and assumes the sheeple will swallow the plane explanation, or they really do have no clue where it came from.

I was going to say that this happens so often around here that it should not seem unusual. The fact that nobody seemed to know anything about it (as far as contacted military officials) is not really a surprise either. The chain of communication has stumbled in that arena before.

 

[The Chaver]

Lex Luthor?

"Flush it all away.."

 

[The Chaver]

I was going to say that this happens so often around here that it should not seem unusual. The fact that nobody seemed to know anything about it (as far as contacted military officials) is not really a surprise either. The chain of communication has stumbled in that arena before.

Compartmentalization my friend..

 

[devilof76]

"Right hand, meet left hand."

Right hand: "Who?"

 

[BadMoon]

I found it interesting that on the news one ex someone (don't remember his title) said it likely could be the US's show of force since Obama Mama is in Asia. Just kind of a friendly reminder that we still gots the big guns.

 

[devilof76]

That would be awesome.

President: "What the ____ was that?"

Somebody who's in really big trouble: "Oops. We didn't even know that thing was loaded. Sorry. Good thing we weren't aiming, huh?"

 

[-Super Hans-]

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Obviously.

 

[karamazov80]

I found it interesting that on the news one ex someone (don't remember his title) said it likely could be the US's show of force since Obama Mama is in Asia. Just kind of a friendly reminder that we still gots the big guns.

And what an awe-inspiring show of force it is.

Seriously, that's ridiculous. You want to show force, you navigate an aircraft carrier right off someone's coast and have some field exercises. You don't send off some lonely, crappy rocket into the sky from your own shore into the ocean. We ain't Hezbollah, who show what force they have by periodically shooting some rockets at Israeli schools. Other states know we have enough nukes to destroy the world 1000X over.

 

[BadMoon]

And what an awe-inspiring show of force it is.

Seriously, that's ridiculous. You want to show force, you navigate an aircraft carrier right off someone's coast and have some field exercises. You don't send off some lonely, crappy rocket into the sky from your own shore into the ocean. We ain't Hezbollah, who show what force they have by periodically shooting some rockets at Israeli schools. Other states know we have enough nukes to destroy the world 1000X over.

Yeah I don't get either. However, what you are proposing could start a war. So maybe this is more subtle.

Although I will agree that the world pretty much should know that we have the capabilities to blow ____ up.

 

[karamazov80]

However, what you are proposing could start a war.

Or. . .it could prevent a war. Others may want to mess with us until they realize what they're really up against, which is part of the reason to display force. Have fighter jets create sonic booms over their capital for a couple of days, and they may change their mind.

But if one of our enemies is cowed by a mysterious firing of some crappy rocket into the ocean, then I'm not sure that is someone we should be too worried about to begin with

If we "accidentally" shot a nuke into the ocean that destroyed all life within 50 miles of the explosion. . .that's another story.

 

[user 1190]

at 1:07...did they say Skynet?

Skymed not Skynet

https://www.upi.com/Business_News/S...aunches-Italian-satellite/UPI-92941289225141/

 

[Something Sexy]

Sorry, no. I've seen more than my fair share of Vandenburg AFB missle launches and contrails here in SoCal, and this object exhibited the exact same ballistic behavior. Unless, airliners now fly vertically into the sky from the ocean. Jets generate independent contrails from each engine that merge into one. Videos of the incident don't show this, they show a red flame with a huge single plume of exhaust resembling burnt rocket propellent...not condensation. It's definitely a missle. "It was a plane" is about as legitimate an explaination in this case as 'It was Superman".

The frightening part is that The Pentagon claims (or feigns) ignorance of it's origin, so either our military is responsible and assumes the sheeple will swallow the plane explanation, or they really do have no clue where it came from.

Yea maybe but again it could just be the angle. I think it just a bunch of BS for media to latch onto and suck people into believing something it isn't.

But believing some random dude on the internet it is a missile because he sees a lot of missile launches is about as legitimate of an explanation as "It was Superman".

 

[devilof76]

Or. . .it could prevent a war.

If you put an American aircraft carrier off the coast of Southeast Asia, within effective proximity to North Korea or China, I don't see that happening.

 

[karamazov80]

If you put an American aircraft carrier off the coast of Southeast Asia, within effective proximity to North Korea or China, I don't see that happening.

Obviously, it depends on the adversary. China doesn't need that kind of display to be deterred. North Korea may well be the most irrational state in existence, so deterrence may not work for them in any case. You have to tailor your response to the situation. I don't imagine a single situation where firing a rocket into the ocean benefits the U.S.

 

[devilof76]

I really don't either. It sounds more like my scenario above. Someone didn't realize it was loaded. I don't like to impugn the U.S. military, but if anyone made that big of a mistake, where responsibility alone would have required them to cover it up, it would be them.

 

[iron.jedi83]

And what an awe-inspiring show of force it is.

Seriously, that's ridiculous. You want to show force, you navigate an aircraft carrier right off someone's coast and have some field exercises. You don't send off some lonely, crappy rocket into the sky from your own shore into the ocean. We ain't Hezbollah, who show what force they have by periodically shooting some rockets at Israeli schools. Other states know we have enough nukes to destroy the world 1000X over.

thats exactly what the US Navy does. they do all that in complete radio silence so other countries with surveillance equipment would not be able to detect them until the US Navy is by their coast, just to show they can do it