Firing a missile that close to us could have caused us to launch back.
Dont we practice launches, real live tests, of one thing or another, from time to time?
Anyone have anything fall on their houses last night?
Exactly. That is why it is not a ballistic missile contrail.
It is an aircraft contrail and it isn’t the first time that such a lit contrail has caused this confusion.
The conspiracy nuts have claimed a similar launch a few days ago in the US and provided images. It is a simple case of perspective. As an aviation enthusiast I’ve seen several aircraft contrails that appear to rise from the horizon. It is all about perspective.
Hummmmm with SOSUS in the Pacific... I fail to see how this could be another nation state firing this off... unless someone has developed a boomer capable of running more silently than our people and equipment can detect. That has implications I would rather not think about, but have to recognize as possible.
This being said, if it was another Nation, it was damn near an act of war, who has the capability and the willingness to do that? NK? Iran? China? A nation willing to do that is coming from a position of extreme hubris, overwhelming power, or insanity. Have your pick.
Alternatively, if this was fired by us, then who ordered it. Doing a launch like that is NOT an easy thing to do. I know, my husband served aboard a Boomer in the early 90’s. Those candles do not get lit by accident. Unless its a test launch, those candles are ARMED. They are Nuclear weapons capable of taking out large cities at a minimum. They don’t get lit on accident.
So this was a test firing that no one is admitting to authorizing, or it was a MASSIVE cluster f**k that will cost many men their commissions. OR it was another Nation willing to risk all out war.
This is an eyebrow raiser for real.
Firing a missile that close to us SHOULD have caused us to launch back.
There...I fixed it.
In other words, Laz, "I'd hit it."
Agreed. It has to be a test.