[_Jim]

Not at all, _Jim!

The PAVE PAWS coverage area is immense!

You're still missing it; this is coverage at-altitude (above 10 or 15,000 feet), dude. Meaning they could not/did not catch the launch.

You are aware the earth is round, and radio waves (uWaves, light) follow a straight line (OTH or shortwave RADAR reflecting off the ionosphere for BEYOND local line-of-sight horizon 'coverage')

[Alas Babylon!]

PAVE PAWS was designed to track Sea Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBM). SLBMs, like ICBMs, are, well, BALLISTIC. That means they go way, way up high, and then fall to their targets. The computers used by PAVE PAWS, once they begin tracking an SLBM, compute back to the launch point, and compute forward to the rentry point, or points if it’s a MIRV. Throw in wind speeds, payload, and telementry data gathered from ANY means, which is also fed into the computers, and they can tell you who’s getting killed; incinerated and radiated. Even if they don’t track the second the missile is launched, they can compute the ENTIRE flight.

Hey, what can I say, but that’s rocket science!

[McGruff]

You're still missing it; this is coverage at-altitude (above 10 or 15,000 feet), dude. Meaning they could not/did not catch the launch.

We have video of the launch. I want to know where it landed. Also please to refer to other freepers as dude, we're adults here.