Would this rocket, if that is what it was, have been fired from a boat or ship?
Boat, ship or perhaps even from the shore.
IMO, Americans better be removing their blinders.
Here's what Laura Mansfield has found the jihadi's reading on the jihadi forums:
>>>Jihadi forum posts "Missile Guidance and Control Systems" book by George M. Siouris in English
This evening, a jihadist forum posted a link to a 681-page PDF file containing a book by George M. Siouris entitled "Missile Guidance and Control Systems".<<<
http://www.lauramansfield.com/j/120805_missile.asp