BS. I watched the original video, and the thing was over in seconds. Straight up, almost, first stage. Visible stage separation and course change.
As for why and who: here's a thought. What would happen if "somebody" was to vaporize DC while BarackaFlacka was having his whole administration and loyal apparatus over in his old country? Chaos. Nartial law. Blank slate, most opponents gone.
Easy enought to sneak a missile-capable sub up there from, say, Venezuela. Iran, for example, is supposed to be building their own but have been buying subs for years. And there's starting to be a good many missile systems available for firing from a torpedo tube.
Obviously, a strike didn't happen. Malfunction?
Here is where Iran was at in 1999.
New Iranian Missile May Outflank U.S. DefensesIran has test-fired a sea-launched ballistic missile, according to classified U.S. intelligence reports, which could be used in a devastating stealth attack against the United States or Israel for which the United States has no known or planned defense.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAZLYn44FeQ&feature=related
Full Screen
.10 clear separation
.13 TWO clearly visible contrails
Someone explain to me what is going on between .09 and .30
because I have never seen a jet separate into stages.
And Hardraade, it looks like a missile that malfunctioned to me as well. This is the forst time I have done a second by second, frame by frame look. The only point we might disagree on is where. It wouldn’t have mattered where. obumma had his emergency government ready to go.
The guys at NORAD and NorthComm were caught absolutely flatfooted by this. I bet it takes them a month to clean the pee and poop off the floor and laundry. It was too close for them to respond in any way whatsoever. Had it NOT malfunctioned, we would be looking straight into the abyss.
Pull that vid down and break it up into frames from .09 to .16.
We came THAT close.