Unclaimed Missile Launch Off California Coast

RT: Missile being launched off the US coast and it's just another day in paradise.

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Mystery Missile Launch Seen off Calif. Coast
Military Mum on Nature of "Big Missile" Rising Out of Pacific - a Possible Show of U.S. Military Might

(CBS) A mysterious missile launch off the southern California coast was caught by CBS affiliate KCBS's cameras Monday night, and officials are staying tight-lipped over the nature of the projectile.

CBS station KFMB put in calls to the Navy and Air Force Monday night about the striking launch off the coast of Los Angeles, which was easily visible from the coast, but the military has said nothing about the launch.

KFMB showed video of the apparent missile to former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Robert Ellsworth, who is also a former Deputy Secretary of Defense, to get his thoughts.

Scroll down for KFMB video showing the launch.

"It's spectacular… It takes people's breath away," said Ellsworth, calling the projectile, "a big missile".

Magnificent images were captured by the KCBS news helicopter in L.A. around sunset Monday evening. The location of the missile was about 35 miles out to sea, west of L.A. and north of Catalina Island.

A Navy spokesperson told KFMB it wasn't their missile. He said there was no Navy activity reported in the area Monday evening.

On Friday night, Vandenberg Air Force Base, in California, launched a Delta II rocket, carrying an Italian satellite into orbit, but a sergeant at the base told KFMB there had been no launches since then.

Ellsworth urged American to wait for definitive answers to come from the military.

When asked, however, what he thought it might be, the former ambassador said it could possibly have been a missile test timed as a demonstration of American military might as President Obama tours Asia.

"It could be a test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile from a submarine … to demonstrate, mainly to Asia, that we can do that," speculated Ellsworth.

Ellsworth said such tests 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.

Officially, at least, the projectile remains a mystery missile.

I saw this video, and wondered..know one knows about this? We better get some answers and soon!

Gilli!

Actually reminds me of the old McHale's Navy when tim conway was always accidentally firing off depth charges.

Or maybe the US Navy hopes this story just goes away before someone ID's a new missile design.

For better understanding:

A missle launched from a submarine platform is a SLBM (sub launched ballistic missile).

A missle launched from a land based platform is an ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missle).

I can't wait till America gets back on board with participating in MAD (Mutual Assured Destruction) and stops pussyfooting around trying to make friends!

I find it hard to take that the Commander in Chief is over in Asia claiming that China and India are the economies of the future instead of protecting our economy. It isn't bad enough that we have shipped all the industries and jobs over there, now he is looking to them to give Americans jobs.

I'm sure not so proud of what he is doing to this country!!!
:bash :bash :bash :bash :bash :bash :bash :bash

NMYSYS,

He is a lame duck. All he can do is travel!

AV8OR wrote: NMYSYS,

He is a lame duck. All he can do is travel!

No! I'm sorry and mean no disrepect, He's an idiot!

What Commander in Chief would forsake the safety of the American citizens for accolades and additionaly through bows to the Kings of foreign nations.

The man has a plan and it doesn't include either you or me! :Crying:

BRAVO!

Air Force is trying to pass it off as another jet. The LA media is having a field day disproving the claim.

Oh Well! Hopefully it wasn't a launch from a previously unkown subamarine from a newly aquired and Russian developed, Iranian Navy!