Missiles are not lit up at final approach. Ballistic means they're shot up into the air, than the fuel is shut off and they fall on their targets. You don't see them at impact as blobs of light at night. Those are blown up fragments.
52 posted on 10/01/2024 11:20:19 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
(Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)