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+Steven Freeman yes

I think it was, with the difference it occurred at twilight which provided spectacular illumination. California missile freak-out satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/misperceiving_missiles.pdf

Fair question, and the answer is it occurred at twilight which provided spectacular illumination. California missile freak-out satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/misperceiving_missiles.pdf

+touvang7 As mentioned it was probably 200 miles offshore; the exhaust plume was not seen until it was in outer space and in the sunlight. Although this Trident was launched from a submarine, test launches of the Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg AFB look very similar near sunrise or sunset and seen from just as far away.

I live in Massachusetts and have witnessed countless rockets launched from Wallops flight facility in Virginia thats over 500 miles away, The reason why so many people could see it was the missile reached a high enough altitude, and high enough to where the sun reflected off the contrail turning that bright blue-ish green color.

The difference was that it occurred at twilight which provided spectacular illumination. satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/misperceiving_missiles.pdf

+Andurian Don't confuse the American public with data. It confuses them. A Trident at sunset, at extreme high altitude, daylight in the west, etc etc. My only question was it going to the Hawaii range or somewhere farther west. The Trident is a solid fuel system (I believe) so how do they reduce the fuel load before the launch? Otherwise it has a 7,400 mile range. They are also working on a "conventional" warhead for the Trident. Can you think what a warhead at 18,000 mph fer hour hitting a target will look like. Word is it has a 10 meter accuracy. (Open sources) The stupid fuckers who think this was anything else???

+Frank Fraser saw it in Phoenix how high up does it have to be

+Andurian That's pretty awesome man!

+Andurian I'd like to thank you for making an effort to keep the nuts at bay. But I'd also like to let you know that it doesn't matter how you are going to try and "explain it away" since they know what they saw and the government is hiding something.

+Andurian The "open source" was Wikipedia. (sorry I just wanted a quick source on the Trident! ) I am 64, have about 5,000 books on military history, retired military museum curator and the son of a "rocket guy" from the 1950' 70's. (Reaction Motors NJ....X-15 and Surveyor projects and my dad also wotked for Hughes Aircraft here in Tucson Az)...But I had to use the basic internet source for the missile. It was very obvious the video was from a missile of some sort. I thought it may have been something from Vandenberg. AFB.

***** oh okay i see now thanks. Didn't realized that.

Lol thank you

Technique only difference was that it was launched at might. And reason it had all those crazy light is because it went up high enough that it escaped shadow of Earth. Also, Navy confirmed it.

***** Do you people even see news... www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-navy-test-fire-20151107-html-htmlstory.html

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Obviously, this is a test, so they aren't doing the ordinary rocket launch drill, which they can do pretty quickly. As for the flip, it's a consequence of the way it's launched. A charge that is similar in principle to an automobile airbag, just much bigger, kicks it out of the tube and into the air, at which point the rocket motor fires. Since you can't really predict what the water is going to be doing when you launch, it's designed to be able to correct for a pretty big tilt in the rocket when the motor fires. No biggie. They can launch these things in all but the worst weather.

+Greg Nuclear warheads aren't deployed at the drop of a hat. Ones on submarines can be anywhere, so flight times account for more of the delay than any human procedure. They are also mostly a deterrent. It's not like getting a kill streak in COD and having one there in seconds. It didn't nearly flip over. The amount of delay before the rocket motor ignites is perfectly fine. It's not supposed to fire too soon, and it will sort itself out on the way up. It's operating the same as every other successful launch. It's designed to be effective and safe, not be aesthetically pleasing to a UA-cam viewer. Trident II isn't a 50 year old design. To develop a new warhead every few years for minuscule gains would be a colossal waste of our tax money. Military hardware is also upgraded in place to keep them relevant. To call a Trident II D-5 a 50 year old design is demonstrating ignorance and idiocy.

Calling Trident II D-5 a "new" design, actually, is a demonstration of utter lack of knowledge in related area. FYI, inception date for Trident II D-5 is May 1972. I hope you can do some basic counting.

+Greg You stupid fuck. The B-52 is way older. Minuteman ICBM's are old. M-1 tanks designed in the 1970's. Do some military history book reading. It isn't on your cell phone.

+Frank Fraser That comment was to Greg. Not you!

+dengate6 Three people, no matter what service you are in, of which you never want to piss off: your doctor, your barber, and supply.....

+dengate6 I did not see the Doc credited...On 640 class for 6 patrols it was Doc & Mess Crew u did not want to piss off...lol

... and the A-Gangers....lol..

Actually, we use missiles that are near their expiration date. They $$ is gone whether you fire it or simply dismantle it. (In fact, that ought to impress anyone - the fact that those missiles were in the tube nearly since the commissioning of the USS Maryland, and at expiration, they were ready to perform flawlessly). Also, demonstrating that we still have the capability to launch is part of the strategy of "Mutually assured destruction". In order for our adversaries to be properly dissuaded from ever launching the first strike, they must know beyond a shadow of a doubt that we can return fire. These tests are crucial to maintain that certainty in their minds. Remember the primary mission of SSBNs isn't to fire on our adversaries but to deter our adversaries from firing on us. Firing on others only happens after their primary mission has failed (of course we hope that never happens). $65 million well spent.

+Rilvin2 - Yes, our XO decided to set it to the Apollo 13 soundtrack.

It reaches a speed in excess of 15,000 mph before the second stage burns out. (Just a little more speed and it could be placed in orbit, which would require 17,500 mph) It does however pass through space when it’s near apogee, but it doesn’t have quite enough speed to stay there, so it falls back down onto its target.