[a6intruder]

Why don’t you two take a break from Science class and consider this.

In order for barf’s theory to be operative, we will have to believe that the Navy was developing a capability to launch an exo-atmospheric KKV missile from a SEAWOLF submarine and that they chose a towed target, moving tangentially at (best) 300 knots at approximately 20,000 feet as a replication of the threat vehicle.

I can neither begin to count the tactical, operational, strategic and doctrinal tenets that would be violated nor imagine how funding such a boondoggle could be justified.

Maybe it’s just me and my 30+ years of Navy related experience, but I can’t accept the premise that is vainly searching for data to support it.

[barf]

Though it likely is not within your own scope of duties, please explain why so many Naval assets were on location if not to have a test of some kind. Tests are performed at the wrong location all the time. Murphy comes into play every so often. The missile did not have an exploding warhead. A backup target, a drone, was in place. Chaff was dispensed. A large commercial jet was hit in error. The FDR record cannot be ignored. Try, but it can't. The rader record cannot be ignored as well. Try, but it can't. Dreaming may give you enjoyment but the facts cannot be ignored.

[Rokke]

Sorry a6, any inputs from you are irrelavent due to the fact that you actually know what you are talking about.