The ‘missile’ launched from the approximate location of San Nicolas Island, which is part of NAS Point Mugu - a Naval rocket base since the 50s.
It seems likely therefore that it was an unscheduled firing of a SF booster (perhaps even a cook-off). No damage was done, there’d be no reason to make a big deal of it either way.
Wrong. This is Naval Base Ventura County now. And it is not a naval rocket base. It is an air base.
It seems likely therefore that it was an unscheduled firing of a SF booster (perhaps even a cook-off).
Really? "Unscheduled"? "Likely"? Wrong. Any U.S. missile test is going to be openly scheduled, cleared with the FAA and announced so as to avoid risks of impacting U.S. airliners or general aviation.
No damage was done, there’d be no reason to make a big deal of it either way.
If so,m there would be no 'big deal' about telling the truth either. Since clearly, it wasn't a U.S. launch...this explains the concealment, but the cover-up duplicity seems a standard democRAT practice. Mustn't let the American citizenry wake up to their existential threat.