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Re: Mystery Missile Launch Seen off California Coast

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Post by dpatru »

mistermann wrote: post #49
siculars wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unless China has eclipsed us in naval warfare, specifically submersible stealth naval warfare, then it is extremely unlikely that they could get a sub within spitting distance of our coast without us knowing about it. And even if they could get a sub that close they wouldn't even think of launching a missile. Last I checked, America still has complete military domination when matched against any other sovereign. Nati…

Different, but similar: http://tinyurl.com/5dpxpo

From the article: American military chiefs have been left dumbstruck by an undetected Chinese submarine popping up at the heart of a recent Pacific exercise and close to the vast U.S.S. Kitty Hawk - a 1,000ft supercarrier with 4,500 personnel on board. . . . It also led to tense diplomatic exchanges, with shaken American diplomats demanding to know why the submarine was "shadowing" the U.S. fleet while Beijing pleaded ignorance and dismissed the affair as coincidence. Analysts believe Beijing was sending a message to America and the West demonstrating its rapidly-growing military capability to threaten foreign powers which try to interfere in its "backyard".

If this incident is similar, I would expect the US military not to admit it.

Re: Mystery Missile Launch Seen off California Coast

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Post by bch »

btilly wrote: post #26
arethuza wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here is a video of a Sprint ABM (from the 70s) being launched and passing close to a RV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZZV464z9g8

RV here is Reentry Vehicle. (I saw it looking for something people could drive and got puzzled.)

Don't be confused: http://impawards.com/1987/posters/spaceballs_ver1.jpg

Re: Mystery Missile Launch Seen off California Coast

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Post by caf »

JabavuAdams wrote: post #80
caf wrote: post #71

Has anyone checked for a NOTAM covering the area at the time?

I've heard from others who are researching the issue that there was no NOTAM. Also, people in the amateur rocketry community are being asked if this was one of theirs. My guess: contrail + some people in the gov't bought the missile angle, but there was no missile. So now some officials are worried that someone launched a missile that they don't know about.

Agreed. There's a picture here of a similar-looking jet contrail: http://lewis.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/3136/it-aint-no-thi...

Re: Mystery Missile Launch Seen off California Coast

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Post by wangluxiaoyu »

Can't believe that no one on HN has figured this out yet. The missile was actually just one rather careless salvo in the US joint military campaign to halt "Operation Black Swan," the long-anticipated alien invasion that was expected to begin on November 8. Collen Thomas described the whole thing in excruciating detail on Youtube last month:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hvtOEHKJsI

Re: Mystery Missile Launch Seen off California Coast

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Post by tibbon »

JabavuAdams wrote: post #74
tibbon wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If it is a missile, then clearly a group of people with a boat should go and recover whatever it is. Since the military denies that they own it, then it seems to be abandoned property. Surely someone would be interested in buying the remains of it for the technology. Since the military doesn't own it, then they can't really say anything about you selling/reverse engineering/posting online abandoned property that's pr…

> Since the military doesn't own it, then they can't really say anything about you selling/reverse engineering/posting online abandoned property that's probably sitting in international waters now can they? This is so wrong. Look up "ITAR". If you're a US citizen, the State Department can have your ass. If you're not a US citizen, well then, the options could be grimmer.

Hmm, that's mainly to do with import/export though right? If its sitting in international waters (which it may or may not be) then that isn't you exporting it from the US. In fact, they sent the weapon outside the US themselves.

Also, maybe you wouldn't sell it outside of the US, but inside.

Wouldn't stopping me from just even simply owning this infringe my right to bear (massive) arms? :)

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