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Pentagon Can't Explain "Missile" off California
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Posted on 11/09/2010 12:22:58 PM PST by tired1

The Pentagon Tuesday said it was trying to determine if a missile was launched Monday off the coast of Southern California and who might have launched it.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: aa612; aa621; californiamissile; contrail; mysterymissile; notbreakingnews; sourcetitlenoturl
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To: OldMissileer

Thank you for your post. From your screen name I trust that you know what you’re talking about.

Now, why in the heck haven’t our flipping leaders been straight up with us?


181 posted on 11/09/2010 2:15:38 PM PST by Gator113 (Beauty will devour the Beast in 2012. Kill "Obamamosque"@ Ground Zero)
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To: ltc8k6

Seen many missile launches? You think they are going Mach 5 from the get-go? Takes them a while to get even up to airliner speed. They do indeed look quite slow, and continue to look slow as they head farther away from you. About the only time I saw one move fast was after watching it into the upper atmosphere or near space, and something separated, like a MIRV. The two parts diverged very fast. Believe me, I have seen a lot of launches.


182 posted on 11/09/2010 2:15:38 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: PGR88
I think China may have just sent Obunghole a message.

Like a Loan Shark spitting in your face.

183 posted on 11/09/2010 2:16:42 PM PST by PA-RIVER
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To: I cannot think of a name

>The NTSB, FAA, and to some degree the FBI, come off as compliant, obedient, boot licking fools.

Using Occam’s Razor we’d say that the most likely explanation is: “Because they are.”


184 posted on 11/09/2010 2:16:52 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: HKMk23

Ok,
That settles that question...then if a NOTAM was filed....that leaves US entities. Somebody just began a private space program...look for some consortium of Silicon Valley billionaires to be high-fiving each other real soon.


185 posted on 11/09/2010 2:18:38 PM PST by Braak (The US Military, the real arms inspectors!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

>When TWA 800 went down (off Long Island) there were close to 100 eyewitnesses who saw a missile rise up from the sea and strike the plane, causing it to explain.
>A careful government investigation determined that this did not happen, and that a spark in the center fuel tank was the actual cause of the explosion.
>Because we don’t have terrorists launching missiles right off our coasts. That doesn’t happen. Ever. I mean it.

Because, I should guess, that the APPEARANCE of security is far greater a thing than ACTUAL security.
IOW, it’s about “saving face;” we cannot, at any point, allow those with political power/connections to be “wrong,” or worse: “embarrassed.”


186 posted on 11/09/2010 2:19:51 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: tired1

Don’t worry. Iran has been testing medium range missile launches from barges. They couldn’t park one off of the California coast, could they?


187 posted on 11/09/2010 2:23:49 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (0bama thought he'd find "common ground" on 0bamaCare because of ROMNEYCARE!)
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To: Retired Greyhound
“If the US were nuked, does anyone believe that Obama would retaliate with nukes?”

I think he said we would “absorb” the next attack.

FUBO

188 posted on 11/09/2010 2:23:52 PM PST by Gabrial (The Whitehouse Nightmare will continue as long as the Nightmare is in the Whitehouse)
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To: doorgunner69
Seen many missile launches? You think they are going Mach 5 from the get-go? Takes them a while to get even up to airliner speed. They do indeed look quite slow, and continue to look slow as they head farther away from you.

I have seen MANY launches. Back in the 70s I saw a Sprint air defense missile launch. That thing was FAST! Just like a small Estes rocket. Everything on-board the Sprint was made to withstand a 100 G acceleration. Yes, 100 Gs.

189 posted on 11/09/2010 2:24:28 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: Never on my watch

I don’t know.

We had to pass Obamacare to find out what’s in it, but we still don’t know,

I’m sure we’ll find out soon - my bet is hyperinflation and economic collapse.

Can you say, “Weimar Republic?”


190 posted on 11/09/2010 2:25:14 PM PST by Ronbo1948
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To: JerseyHighlander
Personally I think it was a hobbyist rocket.

I agree, there certainly weren't any reports on the longevity of that rocket and if it was some sort of "show of force" I would consider it a dud.

One only has to go to youtube and search model rockets and clubs to see how advanced these hobbyists are............

191 posted on 11/09/2010 2:26:25 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (There's only one cure for Obamarrhea......)
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To: The Comedian
>Woah, hold it. It's not *our* job to fire anyone here - that's an Indian admiral commenting on the challenges of dealing with Pockystonn.
 
Oops, I meant "they" and not "we", thanks.

Have some Poki? You may see it as "Pocky."(

192 posted on 11/09/2010 2:28:55 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OldMissileer

Thank you for your experience-based take on this. So you are as puzzled as anyone that this isn’t yet explained?


193 posted on 11/09/2010 2:30:43 PM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Our 2010 victory was won the Tea Party Way, not the RINO way.)
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To: tired1; Virginia Ridgerunner

Carnival cruise ship off San Diego has trouble last night (engines out - stranding 1400 passengers), and now this thing about a mystery missile.

What is going on? Kim Jong-Il has been busy...


194 posted on 11/09/2010 2:33:52 PM PST by SilvieWaldorfMD
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To: NonValueAdded
Missile launch:

Jet contrail off CA coast last year (Mistaken for missile at the time.):


This event:


195 posted on 11/09/2010 2:35:31 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed.)
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To: Braak

That NOTAM was for an “unmanned aircraft” not a missile.


196 posted on 11/09/2010 2:36:26 PM PST by Ben Mugged (War does not determine who is right -- only who is left.)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD
What is going on? Kim Jong-Il has been busy...

Well, he DOES get ronery...

197 posted on 11/09/2010 2:38:44 PM PST by JRios1968 (What is the difference between 0bama and his dog, Bo? Bo has papers.)
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To: JerseyHighlander

NSA staff do not wear uniforms identifying them as ‘NSA’. Many of the NSA staff are US Navy personnel and do, on a daily basis, wear the appropriate Uniform of the Day. When putting on your tinfoil hat kindly check your basic facts so your paranoia can at least have a ring of plausibility to it, eh?


198 posted on 11/09/2010 2:43:26 PM PST by MeganC (January 20, 2013)
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To: RobRoy

That’s my take. Saying “We didn’t do this...” was not our military’s greatest hour, without some answers in hand.

Makes you wonder what we spend those trillions for anyway.


199 posted on 11/09/2010 2:46:41 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Your next chance like this? About 2044. Vote popularity and don't waste time with the details.)
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To: GeronL

Not a warning about the weapon but about the commander. It would be a very clumsy warning.
When there’s a fool in command it sure makes it hard to figure out what’s going on.


200 posted on 11/09/2010 2:47:16 PM PST by mrsmith
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