Something tells me that yes it was ours, and it was a snapshot launch, and I think it wasn’t timed for any political leverage, I think it was done to take out a possible very dangerous piece of orbital hardware, something that if it hit in a populated area would have caused major damage.
I’m actually thinking of the movie “Space Cowboys” except we decided we had to shoot something down now and then keep quiet about it.
There is still an unknown amount of birds we have launched with payloads of radioactive fuels aboard. Or worse.
Except (1) Russia has the same missle-detecting satellites we do and would have raised a fuss. (2) Whoever owns the sattelite would raise a fuss. (3) If that was what happened, even if the US wanted to lie about it they could say “Yes, we were conducting a military training exercise in the area”.
Best post of the thread! Thank you!
I think it was timed for maximum political leverage. Consider...
Obama was in India(to pressure Chinese)
going to G20(to pressure Chinese)
Military says we know nothing...then silence.
I know nothing, but I infer, a completely timed and planned occurance.