Nope. The missile (if that's what it was) has all the appearance of a Trident II D5 SLBM, launched only from an SSBN submarine. The launch location was in Puget Sound, not far from the Keyport submarine base and the azimuth of the view was due North. There is no possibility this could have been directed at AF1. (1) These things cannot be targeted at moving objects; they are only targeted at fixed targets. (2) In order to shoot toward Korea, the azimuth would have had to have been west-northwest, not north. There is a disturbing possibility that this could have been a rogue shot at Russia, which is due north from Puget Sound. There could have been a combat air patrol (CAP) by an F-15 out of McChord AFB with an intercept missile for the purpose of exactly this: stifling a rogue launch. When Q mentioned the intercept with the existence of a "special package," he was undoubtedly revealing classified information.
Well, that's the leading narrative. From my eye, it closely resembled a Trident II SLBM in early boosting flight. I've read the debunking account where it was supposed to be the ventral navigation light on an overhead-passing helicopter, but I found that to be nearly as improbable an explanation. And Q was passing this along as the real thing, so that was an eye-opener for me. I am still surprised that everyone here took it without batting an eye...just a prompt for caustic remarks at the same gallery of hoodlums. That would have put us closer to World War III than anything going on in the Ukraine.
But I guess we will have to see if the future proves the past.
Nope. The missile (if that's what it was) has all the appearance of a Trident II D5 SLBM, launched only from an SSBN submarine. The launch location was in Puget Sound, not far from the Keyport submarine base and the azimuth of the view was due North. There is no possibility this could have been directed at AF1. (1) These things cannot be targeted at moving objects; they are only targeted at fixed targets. (2) In order to shoot toward Korea, the azimuth would have had to have been west-northwest, not north. There is a disturbing possibility that this could have been a rogue shot at Russia, which is due north from Puget Sound. There could have been a combat air patrol (CAP) by an F-15 out of McChord AFB with an intercept missile for the purpose of exactly this: stifling a rogue launch. When Q mentioned the intercept with the existence of a "special package," he was undoubtedly revealing classified information.
Missile?
But we were told that is a helicopter with a searchlight.
Well, that's the leading narrative. From my eye, it closely resembled a Trident II SLBM in early boosting flight. I've read the debunking account where it was supposed to be the ventral navigation light on an overhead-passing helicopter, but I found that to be nearly as improbable an explanation. And Q was passing this along as the real thing, so that was an eye-opener for me. I am still surprised that everyone here took it without batting an eye...just a prompt for caustic remarks at the same gallery of hoodlums. That would have put us closer to World War III than anything going on in the Ukraine.
But I guess we will have to see if the future proves the past.