“NORAD and USNORTHCOM are aware of the unexplained contrail reported off the coast of Southern California yesterday evening,” the agency said in a statement. “At this time, we are unable to provide specific details, but we are working to determine the exact nature of this event. We can confirm that there is no indication of any threat to our nation and we will provide more information as it becomes available.”
JCS Chairman needs to lose his job over this.
“Yep, it was a missile! Biggun too! No idea who fired it. Darnedest thing, huh?”
News to the entire US defense structure: If you don’t know what it is, or where it came from, then why didn’t one of your anti-missile interceptors not blow it out of the sky?
Conclusion: We are sitting ducks, and now the world knows it too. All that money to protect this country, and some jackhole fires an SLBM or the equivalent 35 miles off of LA?!?!
The problem with our ABM system seems to be that this would be far too close to stop. We need them coming in from orbit, not being launched from under us.