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Originally posted by Mr. D
reply to post by boondock-saint
Hello Boondock. If it is a missile (which I think it is) then the exhaust is
called a plume and not a contrail. I made the same mistake in calling
it a contrail.
en.wikipedia.org...
Originally posted by Nonchalant
Wait..so the Chinese potentially risked starting WWIII by firing just 1 missile that didn't hit its target, so the US shrugged its shoulders and said 'oh well, no harm done.."?
I congratulate you on the time you have taken to come up with this theory and its supporting claims/evidence (sorry but I just dont buy the 'contrail' explanation anymore than I buy the 'planes were hijacked by cavemen with boxcutters' claim) but I just think if this was in fact a case of aggression shown by the Chinese, I seriously doubt nothing would have come of it.
Originally posted by Nonchalant
Wait..so the Chinese potentially risked starting WWIII by firing just 1 missile that didn't hit its target, so the US shrugged its shoulders and said 'oh well, no harm done.."?
I congratulate you on the time you have taken to come up with this theory and its supporting claims/evidence (sorry but I just dont buy the 'contrail' explanation anymore than I buy the 'planes were hijacked by cavemen with boxcutters' claim) but I just think if this was in fact a case of aggression shown by the Chinese, I seriously doubt nothing would have come of it.
Originally posted by backinblack
While I'm not sure I buy the chinese missile theory what could the US really say or do about it??
If the Chinese sub was in international waters and fired a misslile away from the US then whats that got to do with the US?
The US conducts war games off china's coast regularly.
Originally posted by boondock-saint
Originally posted by Nonchalant
Wait..so the Chinese potentially risked starting WWIII by firing just 1 missile that didn't hit its target, so the US shrugged its shoulders and said 'oh well, no harm done.."?
I congratulate you on the time you have taken to come up with this theory and its supporting claims/evidence (sorry but I just dont buy the 'contrail' explanation anymore than I buy the 'planes were hijacked by cavemen with boxcutters' claim) but I just think if this was in fact a case of aggression shown by the Chinese, I seriously doubt nothing would have come of it.
you have to remember the rules of engagement.
edit on 11/15/2010 by boondock-saint because: spelling
Originally posted by boondock-saint
Originally posted by MikeBoss
That picture proved nothing be honest, there is no evidence that it is clearly a Chinese missile, Chinese missiles don't leave a unique signature therefore you can't prove that it was a Chinese missile.
the US Military has already said it wasn't
theirs.
Originally posted by jexmo
Yeh lol, America always stick to the rules of engagement.
Originally posted by jexmo
Well if this is correct then wouldn't firing on their harmless and completely legal missile seem a little unnecessary and hostile? If they were in international waters and doing no harm?
Originally posted by Thunder heart woman
So, Op, do you think the 50 missiles that went offline have anything to do with this?
2nd
Originally posted by boondock-saint
Originally posted by backinblack
While I'm not sure I buy the chinese missile theory what could the US really say or do about it??
If the Chinese sub was in international waters and fired a misslile away from the US then whats that got to do with the US?
The US conducts war games off china's coast regularly.
bingo,
I guess that was one of the reasons
why they did it just to prove they
can do the same to us that we do
to them.
And what could the US Military do about it?
Pretty much what they did. Shoot at it.
However, I am assuming they realized after the first miss
the missile corrected it's trajectory that they
then saw it was headed out to sea and wasn't
a threat to us anymore.
Originally posted by Chadwickus
reply to post by boondock-saint
It may have already been asked but can you provide the un-edited source for your image please?
It is difficult to tell what is what.