[Scott from the Left Coast]

Puget Sound is very deep, which is why it is a good location for sub bases, but your point is important as there is just too much surface traffic in Puget Sound for a sub launch. I think Axenolith is right here - this was a THAAD launch...anti-air defense launch.

[generally]

light bulb moment.

Mark Sanford lost his election.

He was the Governor of SC who “went nuts” in 2009 and told his staff he was going hiking on the Appalachian Trail, but it turned out he was really with his mistress in Argentina. Or at least that’s the story we were told at the time.

Speculating.... DS activity in South America? I know that Argentina is not adjacent to Venezuela, but do we even know for sure that’s where he was? Remember a few weeks ago when Trump got a hostage released from Venezuela? Is there some connection?

WHAT is going on in VENEZUELA? Why was that hostage important? We never really explored that.

JMO, but I think it’s significant.

[txhurl]

I was thinkin... CINC’s flight path would call for cleared skies all along it for a rolling two-hour-window on either side... you could test some enemy radar/detection keyed on to his flight plan and splash it in a ‘private’ area....

[eldoradude]

Trident subs max missile launch depth is 150 feet, to as little as periscope depth. The images Q posted mean to me that it was sub launched. Here is the launch Q posted compared with a Russian anti-satellite missile launch:

Q - 20 second time lapse

Russian anti-satellite launch - unknown longer time lapse

Closeup of Q image -

Trident launch -

I think it was "D" for defense and a high altitude/LEO shot. What against...hmmmm.