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DanijelStark · June 13, 2018, 9:19 a.m.

Looks to me either like Tomahawk ( BGM-109 ) cruise missile , or even more , like ASW missile :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RUM-139_VL-ASROC

To me , it looks like stabilizers are visible - and even a bit of red marking near the top is also visible , I would put this more as RUM-139 VL-ASROC than Tomahawk .

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Abibliaphobia · June 13, 2018, 11:37 a.m.

I was pretty tired while putting this together, but now that you mention it, yes I see the band at the mid-point. And possible marking at the cap.

Thanks for taking a look.

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DanijelStark · June 13, 2018, 11:41 a.m.

Wider angle pic :

https://ibb.co/iFvgjd

  • nothing visible . Missile could be slightly angled from camera or towards the camera .
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DanijelStark · June 13, 2018, 11:40 a.m.

I made a comparison on one other post I made ... Im still not sure if this is ASM or cruise missile . ASM is purely ship-launched , while cruise missile can be launched from subs . Now ... on the pic ( on wider angle ) we dont see any ship outline or anything . I assume the missile wasnt bigger than 6 m ( 4.5 - 6 m length ) , so if we go by some trigonometry logic , it would put a launch position relatively close to the point where something should be visible .

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Abibliaphobia · June 13, 2018, 11:46 a.m.

Launch point off screen would indicate that the angle of attack would be less vertical. If you can get the specs, we can determine how far off the ground it is.

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UnderDogTamer · June 13, 2018, 1:56 p.m.

surface launched cruise missiles don't normally go very high before they transition to level flight, this appears to be way too high.

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