US test-fires Trident missile in drill with Saudis (Test 1 .. 2 Hear me now, Iminadinnajacket?)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/31/10 | Salah Nasrawi - ap

[NormsRevenge]

CAIRO – A Western military official says the United States has test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads during a joint military exercise with Saudi Arabia.

The official said the Trident missile launch was carried out Wednesday in the kingdom but would not give a precise location. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

The U.S. has been strengthening missile defenses in the Gulf to help counter any possible missile strike from Iran.

[NormsRevenge]

a Lockheed Martin stalwart for many years..

Made in the good ol’ US of A

[Dallas59]

Too bad we don’t test this stuff will a clear friend...Like Israel.

[Uncle Miltie]

“Hey you tinpot dictators, we can take your country out with just one missle. Do you know what a MIRV is?”

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

I’m going to crawl way out on a limb and say - Something is afoot.

[Uncle Miltie]

"Too bad we don’t test this stuff will a clear friend...Like Israel."

That's so "Bush Administration."

Catch up! Israel is THE impediment to Peace and Everlasting Love.

< / 0-Bummer >

[TheThinker]

So we’re bolstering our defense of the predominant Mulsim country but not Israel. If we were helping both or just Israel, it would make sense.

[MrB]

0bama won’t act against a Muslim country,
even in defense of another one.

[Non-Sequitur]

The official said the Trident missile launch was carried out Wednesday in the kingdom but would not give a precise location. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

The Trident is a submarine launched ballistic missile. How can a launch be carried out in Saudi Arabia? Unless the sub's CO ran her aground first?

[Dallas59]

I forgot....*hangs head*.....It’s the Jooos./s

[red-dawg]

AhmaNutJob couldn't care less if we nuked his a$$.

He WANTS that.

[SeeSharp]

How can a launch be carried out in Saudi Arabia?

The missile most likely landed in the kingdom.

[McGruff]

...the United States has test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads...

Just wait till the Israelis test fire theirs.

[mad_as_he$$]

0 will NEVER use nukes against his Muslim brother’s.

[Non-Sequitur]

The missile most likely landed in the kingdom.

So we're practicing nuking Saudi Arabia? And they don't mind?

[Former Proud Canadian]

NS, I thought the same thing. It is AP, so don't expect too much accuracy.

Maybe it was fired from Saudi territorial waters in the Gulf or the Red Sea.

[oyez]

Obama fights with words. “Don't do that or I will have to taunt you again”.

[KarlInOhio]

The Trident is a submarine launched ballistic missile. How can a launch be carried out in Saudi Arabia? Unless the sub's CO ran her aground first?

It's that old SNL skit. Landsub!

[TSgt]

[GonzoGOP]

So we're practicing nuking Saudi Arabia? And they don't mind?

Or we were practicing shooting down a ballistic missile and they wanted to see the test first hand. A trident fired from the right angle could accurately simulate a strike by ballistic missiles fired from Iran.