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Mystery Missile Launched Near Calif. Has Military Speechless

A missile launch caught by a San Diego news station has military officials claiming they know nothing about it:

From KFMB-TV:

A Navy spokesperson tells News 8, this wasn’t its missile. He said there was no Navy activity reported in that part of the region.

On Friday, November 5, Vandenberg Air Force Base launched a Delta II rocket, carrying the Thales Alenia Space-Italia COSMO SkyMed satellite, but a sergeant at the base tells News 8, there have been no launches since then.

News 8 showed the video to Robert Ellsworth, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and a former Deputy Secretary of Defense.

He said it didn’t appear to be a Tomahawk missile and said it would be safest to wait for definitive answers to come from the military.

Based on pure speculation, however, Ambassador Ellsworth said, with President Obama in Asia, perhaps this could have been a show of our military muscle.

“It could be a test firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile from a submarine [...] to demonstrate mainly to Asia, that we can do that,” he said, stressing that it was just a theory.

Gawker’s sarcastic comment sums it up: “Sleep well, America.”

UPDATE:

The national CBS website has more form Ellsworth.

“It’s spectacular… It takes people’s breath away,” said Ellsworth, calling the projectile, “a big missile”.

Ellsworth said test fires in the past from submarines were carried out in the Atlantic to demonstrate America’s power to the Soviets, when there was a Soviet Union, but he doesn’t believe an ICBM has previously been tested by the U.S. over the Pacific.

UPDATE II:

MSNBC reports:

Senior Pentagon and Navy officials told NBC News that they did not know who launched the missile.

A senior official told NBC News it was “possible” that the incident was an accidental launch by the military. However, the Navy, Air Force and Missile Defense Agency said they had no information to indicate they were involved, NBC News reported.

Military officials told said that a planned military exercise would not have been held that close to Los Angeles.

Officials were also examining the possibility it was a “commercial launch of some kind” or that amateurs had built a device capable of creating such a plume, NBC News reported.

This is a breaking story. Updates will be added.

Comments (397)

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  • mimitweetin
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:57am

    Lucy, you got some splainin to do!

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  • SND97
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:56am

    A Missle is fired off of one of our coast, and yet all the media so called NEWS organizations aren’t breaking in the programs and covering this? If Glen Beck lets a fart, NBC, & CBS have a fit, a Missle is fired and nutin?

    There are no more Journalist, th free press is 100% dead

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  • docvet
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:56am

    Umm, the real question is, “Where did it go”? Check those satellite pictures.

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  • Pawsupday
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:56am

    Crises is what the left wants….. This is no test….. Deflate the dollar and military control over the USA….thugo at work!

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  • scrapman
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:51am

    Get ready people it’s coming…… Stock up on supplies……

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  • Marks1956f100
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:50am

    It will unfold as they always seem to know more than they tell us…..

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  • HouseNegro
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:48am

    Has to be one of two things the Soros Navy, or Bill dropped his pants.

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  • Parkeralan
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:47am

    The military always denies “broken arrows”. SOP, so we won’t be alarmed, as if saying they don’t know what it is will make us feel any better.

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    • Joseff
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:30am

      How do you know tthey always deny it? Did you ask them, and they denied it?

      Joe

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  • Ronko
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:46am

    It’s probably just a CIA exercise drill or something of that nature

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    • starman70
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 9:08am

      Actually it was a warhead loaded with pictures of Obama. It was set to open up over Indonesia and spread Obama’s picture all over the country so all Indonesians knew who their favorite son was. They could also post the pic in temples and mosques in order to worship it.

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  • joseph Fawcett
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:44am

    Scary!!

    http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist

    joseph Fawcett  
    • charliego
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:54am

      @ JOSEPHFAWCETT
      Great work! This initially may seem out of place for response, but on the other hand shows ‘American Spirit’. Do you know Alfredo Rodriquez—Wonderful work-American tribes,west and frontier artwork. My brother-in law has written numerous short stories about the old west–I think Iggy? They own a ranch outside of Cheyenne–passed down through generations. Anyway, they send me links to some various artwork related to said. Sorry, to impose on a post site-like this guys, but truly we are all one and the same— Americans. P.S. I love your personal story. AsGlenn says Faith, Hope, Charity.

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  • shipwreckkelley
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:43am

    This works well with the stories regarding modifications done to some of the nuclear boomers allowing them to carry a multitude of cruise missiles including the Tomahawk, these would be of great value when the crap hits the fan with the Iranians, North Koreans, or possibly a naval conflict in the China Sea.

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    • subsailorman7
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 5:53pm

      @SHIPWRECKKELLEY: Although four tridents were converted into SSGN’s, we still have plenty of boomers out there to do the job.

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  • i1776
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:43am

    Gee, Ambassador, was it really from a “submarine underwater submarine”? LOL that statement just shows how little she knows about military matters.

    I figure it was an SLBM test and if I were the military, I would also disavow any knowledge, which would be a rarity today…usually the military gives out way too much all the way down to the hull number and position. Ridiculous.

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  • N37BU6
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:42am

    You need to take trolling lessons, man.

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  • thesixfour
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:42am

    It was BUSH! Promoting his new book!

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  • Marylou7
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:42am

    WHAT!! Someone lauches a missile and no one knows anything about it?? Why isn’t anyone doing something about it, or are they? Who knows anything anymore. THIS IS CRAZY!

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    • starman70
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:25am

      OH YES! Our military knew about it. Watch the video carefully, there was a helicopter very near the launch and they were monitoring the activity. Our military likes to play Sgt. Schultz’s role on Hogans Heros, “I KNOW NOTHINK!”

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:55pm

      good catch star, the helicopter as well as the vidio itself, which if you know anthing about climb rate of a SLBM says this vidiographer had to know where to point the camera to catch the missle in the first 10 seconds of its flight. This whole thing smells to high heaven of a “scare the sheep event, followed by another event ment to herd the sheep”.
      I trust our Federal government, trust it to be against us and not for us for the next few years, after all we are the enemy remember?

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  • GhostOfJefferson
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:41am

    Don’t troll please. Your words do nothing to shine a favorable light on your or your beliefs, whatever those beliefs may be (and I‘m assuming here that you’re progressive and trolling).

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  • charliego
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:40am

    Hmmmmm, speculation–just. Hmmmmm.

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  • N37BU6
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:40am

    Maybe it was launched from the same sub that fired a torpedo at the BP oil well…

    ;)

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    • DimmuBorgir
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:56am

      what‘s north korea doing off california’s coast

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    • Jeff
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:04am

      I couldn’t agree with you more, funny how that report kind of got dismissed just after the BP incident.

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    • N37BU6
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:49am

      @JEFF

      Wow, someone else who actually noticed that and put 2 and 2 together. Makes you wonder, huh?

      Periscopes off the gulf… hmmm…

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    • webpreacher
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 1:46pm

      Questions to consider, launched from sea, or land?, which direction was its flight?, was it armed with a nuclear warhead”? has there been reports of it landing, if not WHY? Has the Petagon accounted for all of our missles, land & sea? Has anyone outhere have room in thier bunker for me and my family (3)?? just kidding !

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  • SOIssues
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:40am

    So much for the military on high alert!!!!! Why didn’t they scramble jets to shoot it down?

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:48am

      Sorry, how do you scramble and shoot down a missile? Do you know how fast rockets travel? By the time it was a blip on radar it was already 3/4 of the way through its flight. By the time an airplane on the ground, even ground directly next to the rocket launch site, was airborn the missile would have already landed back on earth.

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    • HimmlersMasterPlan
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:00am

      Do you really not think we have technology that can disable a missile. REALLY. We have the technology, they’re called satellites. Something orbiting earth is the best defense. Come on people, they know who it was, they’re not worried lol. Even if it wasn’t us, the military would just be laughing at whoever it was and saying, okay child go play with your toys. Of course we’re not told about this because it would threaten national security if other nations knew what we had waiting in our arsenal if they were to attack us. Seriously, it’s a game of risk, be 10 steps ahead of your opponent. Really people don’t be stupid.

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:07am

      Thank you for calling us stupid, it really opens up the discussion. Good point about the satellites though.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:10am

      @himmler

      Laser missile firing tests are still more or less in beta stage last I checked, and is still ship bound, and oftentimes it misses. At least based on what was last released.

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    • HimmlersMasterPlan
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:23am

      Jefferson, do you really think the military would tell you they have this technology? Of course they‘ll tell you they’re still testing it. Did you know Conan returned to late night? When they release something to the public, everyone can have that information even our enemies. Now, if our enemies can have this information, don’t you think we would want them to be distracted? Jeeeeze. When they say we don‘t have this technology or we’re still testing it, we already have it. How can you still trust what the govt/military tells you after all that’s been happening to our freedom? We have “ufo” technology. Come on now, please see through the lies already. But I’m all for the military distractions as it is imperative to our security. Like Beck said last night, Look at the coin, look where the hand holding the coin is pointing. It’s all distractions.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:51am

      @HP

      I was in the military and employed in the capacity of a very sensitive position and can speak with some amount on intelligence about what the military does. What the military does and knows is rarely as “omg, they’re so far ahead of us dopey civilians” as most people believe. Frankly put, the military *makes* nothing. They contract out all of their equipment needs to private firms (think Boeing, or Chrysler and such). If we had laser bang shoot’em down satellites already launched, we’d already know about it. The very purpose of such a system is deterrence, letting the enemy, the very world even, know that we could take out their first strike, and be poised to launch a counter-strike that would take them out. Think MAD. Ergo, you’d *want* those systems known about even as you were putting them up. The things we don’t know about which are hush hush (and legitimate) are generally at the level of espionage tactics and techniques, or specific troop/logistics deployments, or specific intelligence (hence, classification). Frankly put, any satellite system capable of being able to effectively take down random missiles would have to be a large web of individual satellites, and you can’t just slip those into space unnoticed by other nations or even the press.

      Now if you can show me where they’ve announced such a web of satellites being deployed, I’ll concede the argument. You might be right, and maybe I’m just not as up on the news as I should be.

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    • Nvrforget
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:15pm

      Ghost,

      what I find most amusing about this is that you’ve actually put together a cogent and intelligent response to “DEATH LASER SATELLITES FROM SPACE!!!!!”

      Kudos.

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    • subsailorman7
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 4:59pm

      @jefferson. While I agree with you on some of your last points about deterrance, I will tell you that there is more that we, even most in the military do not know about. I am sure you heard the phrase, need to know basis. While I am quite sure that we do not have a laser in space to shoot down missiles, we do have the capability to shoot them down in other ways. Especially if there is only one. When there are more, obviously, that is more difficult. And, by the way, the payload on a missile like this is very classified. The missile is not.. Thanks to Clinton, China has that info as far as the guidance systems. While “MASTERPLAN” is also right in part that the military will not tell us everything, I do know for fact that on a Submarine Launch ICBM, in a test fire situation, before they are launched, there are many places that are notified. The FAA is notified, NORAD, other countries are notified so they do not mistake it as an attack on them and return fire. North Korea is one of the most secretive countries on the planet, and yet they tell the world so that there are no mistakes in intentions. Also, switching directions, we don’t usually do SLICBM test fires that close to the coast, not to say it couldn’t happen.

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  • Disabledvet
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:39am

    Could it have been someone wanting to shoot at a airliner, or maybe with all the potheads in california it was someone that smoked some of arnolds weed, and accidently pressed the wrong button.

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    • catndahat
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:36am

      I tend to agree with you–in these days of unprecedented stupidity and incompetency…it would not be a surprise if this were an error–however, like all compliant orgs, the govt/military witll cover it up–it will be called a ‘covert test launch’ or some such nonsense.

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  • untameable-kate
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:39am

    WOW, thats comforting. Did our military not see this thing? You would think that they would have shot down an unidentified missile. Curious.

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:56pm

      Looks like Obama is dismantling more than just NASA … where are our defenses .. why don’t they have and answer to who was in the area … have we been “attacked” and Obama happens to be over-seas. Maybe the Navy is doing what the Obama wants NASA to do .. Muslim outreach!

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    • AmericanSoldier
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 9:24am

      NASA should be dismantled. Private businesses should be at the forefront of space exploration. When you’ve got huge budget deficits, frivolous space programs should be the first to go.

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  • Beckofile
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:37am

    Hopefully it hit in San Fran and took out Pelosi.

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  • N37BU6
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:36am

    There are some pretty big amateur rockets out there… can’t dismiss that possibility just yet.

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    • Jamestown
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:48am

      Not only a lot of rockets but a lot of unknown nationalities enter our country where there is no armed forces….

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:57am

      Amateur rockets are one of the two actual scenarios I think. Either a large unannounaced amateur rocket (though those do have to get clearance once they are larger than a certain size or are planned to go above a certain altitude), or the military doing a launch, pretending not to know about it, and doing a CYA.

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    • N37BU6
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:23am

      @GHOSTOFJEFFERSON

      That‘s what I’m hoping for. A bunch of rich university kids / irresponsible enthusiasts decided it would be fun to launch a rocket off the coast, freaking everyone out. Scale isn’t an issue. It’s just a matter of more propellant and money. It’s not even that expensive to do, really. A cheap gyro and some big motors, or even homemade fuel.

      If that’s the case, they had better hope they don’t get caught. That’s some relatively busy airspace, and they are well beyond the acceptable altitude and distance for unannounced launch… obviously. That thing is impressive.

      I don’t know why the news is mentioning Tomahawks… they don’t look like that. It looks more like a Trident or something similar, which is a scary thought.

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    • free2bme1961
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 12:31am

      I find it hard to believe, that no one will own up to, knowing what this is about.
      Considering, our loving, concerned government, claims to know where each of us are, at any given moment, has the technology to fly over a home and see inside, drives by a home, and can see inside, they moniter computers, phones, and through the tv etc.
      But something as deadly as a missle goes off, and everyone is mum about it? Okaaaay…

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  • GardenoftheGods
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:35am

    What in the world is going on here? There’s a missile launch, and we don‘t know who’s responsible? I disagree with “Sleep well, America“ and say ”Wake the hell up, America!” There’s missiles being launched off your coastline…WTH?

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    • kindling
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:05am

      Isnt this the kind of missile that could carry a bomb that would cause a EMP? Maybe this is some country saying we are here and we can do it so be aware!

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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:26am

      Coming soon to america:

      One of our cities lighting up and disappearing for renovations under the man made hell of a nuclear detonation. Signs will read land for development, cheap with natural lighting for years to come.

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    • HEARDENOUGHCRAP
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:42am

      Is it possible that we have these stashed along the coast and it was an accidental firing? The military would look somewhat silly if that were the case, so of course, they would deny knowledge. They also would not want it known that these missiles were there.

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    • retsofarik
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:47am

      SecNav said this was a “big missle” it certianly can carry a warhead or nerve gas or emp or …..we may be a superpower with a supersized achelies heel!…..

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    • philmon
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:58am

      EMP. That is what I’d be concerned about. We are told that Iran and N. Korea don’t have the guidance systems or the range to hit us … but what if that’s not the strategy? Remember the terrorists learning to fly planes but not to land them? All they have to do is get it to go up to a certain altitude and detonate, and this would arguably be more effective than wiping out a city — especially if they could coordinate an attack from each coast and from the Gulf.

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:53pm

      NO KIDDING … what is our military doing? Where is the response to a possible (yet God help us they didn’t take anyone “out”) attack on America…. are we so weak that they will just dismiss it! Good GOD can you say test run. The Pentagon is “checking it” …. for God’s sake what is going on?!

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    • mamiesgirl
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 2:04pm

      I’m with Kindling – think EMP – cripples the whole country in one fell swoop

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    • subsailorman7
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 5:41pm

      @RON THE VETERAN: Very true. I will go one step further. Most of the crew on a boomer don’t know where they are or where they are going. It is on a need to know basis. We know when we cross the IDL, because they announce it, but not exactly where.

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  • GhostOfJefferson
    Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:33am

    Oh, sorry, that was me. Was hoping nobody would see my frantic effort to get off of this rock before it implodes in fire and anger. :)

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    • wildjoker5
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:38am

      Of coarse it wasnt the US Navy, they are all around India taking care of the POTUS…

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    • thesixfour
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:40am

      Well we know where old “fat fingers” that made the stock market crash almost 1000 pts in day got a new job…

      Whut us? No never, these aren‘t the droids you’re looking for…

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:43am

      Hey, I was first! Woot! :)

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:45am

      >>“It could be a test firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile from a submarine underwater submarine, to demonstrate mainly to Asia, that we can do that,” he said, stressing that it was just a theory<<

      Wait…what? Since when was that ever in doubt? The nuclear submarine missile launching capability has been present and well known for decades. Goodness, it was an integral part of our strategic deterence policy known as MAD.

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    • Archstone
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:57am

      You JERK! You promised to take me with you. I made sandwiches!

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    • halfbrain
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:04am

      you should of put Pelosi, Boxer, and Brown on that rocket.

       
    • Gordon Pym
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:05am

      Perhaps someone was having trouble lighting a gas grill.

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    • pajamash
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:06am

      Could be the Chinese showing us a thing or two as well!

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:06am

      And did anyone notice that it was advertised to our enemy’s that that is WHERE our military would be??? Not looking good our MILITARY have no clue does it?? notice it wasn’t aimed at MEXICO which is not that far from San Diego..It is possible that other countries beleive what our President is saying about us being weakened..

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    • paperpushermj
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:12am

      It was North Koreans attempt at destroying the United States with a nuclear device exploding over the middle of the county at an altitude of 150 miles. The missile was fired off a specially prepared commercial cargo carrier……. Just kidding

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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:18am

      It could be anyone firing this missile off, especially at America to show us that we are indeed very vulnerable to such matters. Iran will probably claim this as their missile launch, and then Obama may use it as an incident to close down trade in the coastal waters to ‘defend the american lifestyle’ and such. Just as he did with the oil companies.

      http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm

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    • LJ_4_JESUS
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:21am

      @halfbrain
      you should of put Pelosi, Boxer, and Brown on that rocket.

      It sounds like you might be from the left coast?

       
    • TONYR
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:28am

      If they didn‘t know who fired it why the hell wasn’t an intercepter launched? Are we that vulnerable?

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    • USNRET04
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:29am

      I seriously doubt “the military” was speechless. It is not like they broadcast test launches to each and every person in uniform. If this was an ICBM test, all the necessary people were told. Additionally, Ellsworth’s comment about the US not testing ICBMs in the Pacific is incorrect.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:34am

      @ USRET

      I do wonder though why they’d do it in plain sight, where ever present cameras can take snapshots? Why not move it more off shore such that nobody but the creepy “powers that be” knew about it and not us local yokels? If it were what you suggest, and I‘m not saying it wasn’t, then it was an act of utter incompetence to let it be seen by the public.

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    • Alydia
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:41am

      Maybe it was the people of California (the good people) who have had it with this regime! Maybe they will find one that will reach Asia….LOL. But, I do like the theory they are presenting. We need to show some type of military muscle and if the armed forces don’t want to do then maybe the people need to take over!

       
    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:42am

      Now they say it could be an accidental launch by the military? One more excuse for mr Obama-san to gut the military then.

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    • Navymommy
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:52am

      Thesixfour lmao!!!!!!

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:54am

      Thing is though missiles of that size don’t accidently launch. There are some pretty rigorous protocols for launching birds of that size. Maybe the size is being miscommunicated though and we’re thinking it was bigger than it was? If that’s the case, and by golly I hope it is, then false alarm. If it is not the case and it’s more akin to a medium/long range missile, then “accidently launched” is false.

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    • kickedoutofengland
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:58am

      I really wonder if it was the Chinese showing that they have that capability now. They launch it 35 miles away from one of our bigger cities, LA. Maybe they’re pissed about the devaluation of the dollar.

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    • judy1270
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:04pm

      Ok…Where did it go…it had to come down some were ‘ RIGHT’

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    • TeaPartyNYC
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:06pm

      Did anyone else notice the “aircraft” close to it in the sky, just to the right of the “rocket”? It appears in the video at around 1:35 … just to the right of the “rocket”. There is another object in the sky that is not being mentioned.

      I wonder if this has anything to do with the other sightings taking place, and captured on video, world wide over the course of the last month. I’m afraid there is much more to this story than is being recognized. Please visit the following link for an in depth, serious, and intelligent conversation about what might be taking place. There are currently 8 pages of video (up to and including last night) and discussion dealing with this very serious topic. The general working theory is that this is government related, however, please feel free to join the debate, as we are looking for additional theories as to what is happening. I can assure you that this is not a hoax, and we are not advocating weirdo conspiracy theories. Thank you for taking the time … it’s long, but it’s very detailed … I think it’s well worth your time to inform yourself.

      http://www.marshallforum.com/backstage/19446-ufos-nyc.html

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    • TennesseeConservative
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:09pm

      It was Spooky Dude, testing his Glenn Beck seek and destroy missile!!! Bwahahahaha

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    • Promotefreedom
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:12pm

      Our military knows damn well what that was. They are setting up us Americans for the next “terrorist” attack (by the government, for the government). The POTUS needs a horrendous crisis to further the Marxist agenda.

      Oh man, what is going to happen next?

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    • America_First
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:14pm

      I like conspiracy theory…so who is building diesel powered subs…who is in Panama…who wants to push America off so they are be “King of the Mountain”…Just a thought…with the socialist elites in washington nothing would surprise me! Sooner or later the truth will be known…Yes the military is capable of doing this and denying it…but I see the Asian Boogey-man as the culprit…

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:24pm

      As an ex-ocean systems technician in the US Navy, I have some strength, experience, and hope to share on this subject. Firstly, It was almost certinely ours, I say that because of two factors, A. nothing went “kaboom” as a result of this missle coming down, and B. For a foreign power to get a “boat” within 35 miles of our coast undetected is about the same as our being able to safely land on the Sun in a rubber dingey. That being said their are so many questions, first off the vidio shows a standard breach and climb pattern in the contrail of a SLBM (submarine launched ballistic missle), secoundly the missle appeared to be going max uprange, perhaps to the Aleutian testing area in ALaska.
      An “event” is coming, a unknown missle strike on our territory would suffice I should think. One big problem with that senerio is the “unknown’ part of the equation. If they try that routine you should know thats its a HUGE lie from the door. I can say that with certintity because our passive survailence system is extreemly capable, and all ships and submarines leave detectable signatures whenever they transit the waters of the world. These “signatures” easily point to the Nation of origion as well as the exact class of the combatant ship as well. Additionally these “signatures” are oft times recorded and tracked from the moment the submarine leaves port untill its return. Even an old hand (26 years removed) like me could return to data recorded today and decifer and report to the nature, speed, course, class, and country of origion of a submarine, because nations still power boats in the same manner as they did back in the eighties when I was on active duty.
      In an unrelated news article, a cruise ship with 4500 people on board is adrift off of mexico. They plan to dock her in mexico and bus everyone back to America, NOW this smacks of a “set up”, bussing 4500 Americans on big busses through “murder central AMerica”, hmm do I smell “event”?

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    • pajamash
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:51pm

      “Officials were also examining the possibility it was a “commercial launch of some kind” or that amateurs had built a device capable of creating such a plume, NBC News reported.”

      Ya….right. Hey! Want to buy some great land in central florida? Right on the water!

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    • cblackburn
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 1:04pm

      Does anyone actually believe the military does not know what this was? That idea is ridiculous. They may not say they know but if they truly were ignorant, you would see all kinds of hell raised.

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    • NoCommies
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 1:16pm

      Please move on, nothing to see here folks, Just Obama’s civilian Army practicing missile launching so they can be as equally trained and equiped as our military. I’m sure Gibbs will be completely open and honest and give all details upon his and Obamas return from India.

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    • America_First
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 1:39pm

      BetterDays…your argument is sound…one thing…During the Clinton administration there was a transfer of American technology to china…so can they mimic one of our missiles and as far as trajectories are concerned they could figure out what would pass as a internal firing…second, considering what has happened in the past at Los Alamos National Lab and considering that yobama and company are communists in control, would lead me to believe that someone could of compromised our surveillance system…Since FDR’s days in Washington our national security has been compromised many times…keep in mind that many believe that Alger Hiss was not a spy…many people state (in news accounts, in books and in conversations) that Senator Joe McCarthy conducted his “Witch Hunt” in The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA)…which is impossible…thus nothing would surprise me…
      Also, considering that the left would do anything to destroy America to achieve world government…I do not trust obama and most elected officials especially democrats…So until we know, expect the worst and hope for the best…

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 1:57pm

      Are you kidding me? The US military knows where this came from, whether it was from us or someone else. We have plenty of intel to know who is 35 miles off the coast of LA. They’re playing this one down.

      And I was thinking the same thing as the 3rd or 4th post…..when in the world was it ever in doubt that we “can launch”. I mean… WHAT? How mundane a response is that? That’s like saying my car has the capability of reaching speeds of 70 MPH on the highway.
      REALLY?? Duh.

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 2:38pm

      Maybe someone sent BBoxer away???

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    • drbage
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 3:49pm

      Not to worry, it was just Pelosi, Boxer, and Reid celebrating their re-election. They used their influence with Spooky Dude to use his influence with Maurice Strong to use his influence with Deng Xiao Ping to allow the Chinese to test fire one of their submarine based ICBM’s. Clownitano has confirmed that our borders are safer than ever. Nothing to see or learn here, just go back to sleep America.

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    • Polwatcher
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 4:38pm

      I remember when we were told that our satellites could read a license plate from 100 miles up. Then they got rid of our human spys. Then we had a war and guess what….our military was not able to get the intelligence that they needed. Now they have told us they have the most sophisticated missile defense system ever and there is an unknown missile reported. So all our military can say is what the f***. I hope this is not what it seems to be.

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    • OVMAMA
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 5:00pm

      Toooooo funny! Love it!

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    • Ramcharger
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 5:23pm

      The US knows of every allied launch. If the US military is publicly stating they do not know who launched it then it is either a Russian or Chinese SLBM to show us they can get in close to the US mainland and launch – if this is the case then supply your bunkers cuz things are getting bad.

      just my two cents – by the way I have 20+ years as a DSP missile warning operator.

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    • subsailorman7
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 5:26pm

      @BETTERDAYS: First of all, great response, and exactly right. I served on USS MICHIGAN SSBN 727, (back when it was still a boomer boat). With some of the things that have happened in the last 2 years, I can see how it will give someone thought. It would, however, be pretty much impossible for some other country to get that close to our coast without us knowing it. Not only do we have our passive sonar system down there, but we also have our own subs, which I am quite confident that ours are better than theirs. Plus our surface navy which are more than capable.

      And now that you mention it, the Mexico angle is quite interesting. Not only the possibility of them getting shot up, but how many illegals are they going to sneak in on them. Interesting.

      By the way, did anybody hear that NPR president said that NPR listeners are smarter than we are? Again, interesting.

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    • subsailorman7
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 5:36pm

      @JJCOOLAY: If we launch a submarine launch ballistic missile, we don’t necessarily do it to prove what we are capable of, although, it does remind people. We launch to test. We test our missiles, and our submarines. That is precisely why we have missile test fire targets.

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    • Armed Patriot
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 6:32pm

      GhostOfJefferson….

      This was probably a show of force, of capabilities. The Chinese have stated in the past, during times of anger with the US, that they could very easily put a sub 30 miles off LA and launching. They have been very angry and vocal as of late, with the US monetary policy actions. Remember, they hold over a trillion dollars worth of our debt. When the dollar iis intentionally deflated by putting 500% more money into circulation than we had in 2008, they lose 100′s on millions of dollars in currency value. I doubt we will ever know the truth, BUT, when Vandenberg test fires a missile it is announced. The ocean and airspace is cleared and no sail / no fly zones are set up. The FAA is notified. Civilian companies would need to file a flight plan but would not be given permission to do this so close to LA. Something is definitely afoot. Best guess??? China making a statement to nobama. As with the American citizen… He wont hear them now. Three more questions,,, 1.With an unknown missile launch, were any fighters launched as a just in case??? 2. What was the heading ??? 3. Where did it land??? Just a few more serious thoughts.

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    • SydrycalWorks
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 9:25am

      the GrayBible

      SydrycalWorks

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    • yourtea
      Posted on November 10, 2010 at 10:48am

      That was so funny that the U.S. Navy was in India. That Made Mt Day . Loved it.

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