find it hard to believe a military weapons system can be hacked!
what if BHO gave the codes out?
look at the picture of the missile it has a long heat trace..
checking the net most sub missiles have a short one?
unless it was a long exposure camera shot which its not as the missile is not blurred?
trajectory of launch
can we find the location?
The photo looks downright impressive as the streak of light appears from behind low, broken cloud cover and rises towards the heavens. Adding to the picture's intrigue, what looks awfully similar to a large rocket can be seen at the end of the light trail in an extreme crop of the image. But how is that even remotely possible? The Naval Air Station, which I have been all over on numerous occasions, has no rocket operations of any kind. Furthermore, there aren't any launch facilities in the region that could even begin to explain this photo. The closest thing to something like that would be the Ohio class nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) based not too far away at Bangor Trident Base/Naval Submarine Base Bangor, but those apocalyptic machines don't launch missiles in the Puget Sound even for testing.
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/21461/lets-talk-about-that-mysterious-rocket-launch-over-whidbey-island-photo-from-washington
your right
my bad!
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Monday, June 11, 2018
Was there an unannounced missile launch on Whidbey Island early on Sunday morning?
Greg Johnson of Skunk Bay Weather on the northern Kitsap Peninsula has one of the most impressive weather cam facilities in the nation, including high quality digital cameras photographing the clouds at night. He is an extremely reliable weather observer.
But early Sunday morning he picked up something that is both startling and unexpected: what looks like a missile launch from Whidbey Island.
Here is the picture (with a 20-second exposure) at 3:56 AM Sunday morning from one of his cameras (looking north towards Whidbey Island). Can you see the bright vertical streak on the left side of the figure? Note the illumination both inside and outside the cloud. It really looks like the ascent of a rocket.
USS Kentucky (SSBN-737)
Laid down: 18 December 1987
Launched: 11 August 1990
Sponsored by: Carolyn Pennebaker Hopkins
Commissioned: 13 July 1991
Homeport: Bangor, Washington
Motto: Thoroughbred Of The Fleet
Honors and
awards:
Gold Crew: Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Award First Place 2001
Gold Crew: Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Award First Place 2002
Battle Efficiency Award (Battle "E") 2006, 2009
Gold Crew: Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Award Honorable Mention 2007
Status: in active service
Badge: 737insig.png
General characteristics
Class and type: Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine
Displacement:
16,764 metric tons (16,499 long tons) surfaced[1][2]
18,750 metric tons (18,450 long tons) submerged[1]
Length: 560 ft (170 m)
Beam: 42 ft (13 m)[1]
Draft: 38 ft (12 m)
Propulsion:
1 × S8G PWR nuclear reactor[1]
2 × geared turbines[1]
1 × 325 hp (242 kW) auxiliary motor
1 × shaft @ 60,000 shp (45,000 kW)[1]
Speed: Greater than 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)[3]
Test depth: Greater than 800 feet (240 m)[3]
Complement:
15 officers[1][2]
140 enlisted[1][2]
Armament:
MK-48 torpedoes
24 × Trident II D-5 ballistic missiles
USS Kentucky (SSBN-737), is a United States Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine which has been in commission since 1991. She is the third U.S. Navy ship to be named for Kentucky, the 15th state. The Kentucky has never been detected by a foreign ship or submarine[citation needed].
idea
PNSN seismic station SVOH in Oak Harbor might show something. Background noise levels tend to be lower at night so one might resolve an increase in background noise, but no direct arrivals.
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I was in Oak Harbor getting ready to head home Sunday morning. It was Just before 3am. I saw a flash thinking it was a single lightning strike, but there were so few clouds and no noise associated with it beforeor after.. The main base was behind me. I was facing south so it didnt come from there.
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There are a limited number of Navy missiles that look like that. I'm seriously spitballing here, but from the pic, it looks like one of the Navy's family of 'Standard' (SM-1 thru 6) missiles.
This is - 90% sure - a Trident Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile, launched from one of the subs stationed at Bangor. It was not launched from Whidbey Island and it's not surprising that NAS Oak Harbor knows nothing about it. (If you have doubts about it being a Trident, look at the Wikipedia article on that missile.
Something similar (a surprise, sea-launched missile) appeared several years ago off the coast of California (near Vandenberg Air Force Base). I believe it was during Pres. Obama's visit to China. What a coincidence that the same thing happened the day before Pres. Trump meets "Rocket Man."
Boner!
apparently 2 subs went missing
could this have been part of the plan so team Q could find the other one?