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Anonymous
Hey /hr/, what exactly is this?
>> Anonymous
It's a minute man missile being lunched
>> Anonymous
Either AA fire or a missile with a long exposure.
>> Anonymous
>>259935
>>259936
Thank you, sirs.
>> BetaNegro
Seems fake to me. I mean, wouldn't the line of fire be nearly instant? Also, probably just the camera or some dumb dramatic effect from the millions of white dots, why would you be able to see any stars if this giant beam is going off near by?
>> Anonymous
>>259935
wrong
>>259936
partially right

it is a recent test of a THAAD launch.
Check the MDA.mil site
>> Anonymous
>>259953

those aren't stars.
>> Anonymous
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Even more precise: it's the target missile being launched off the test range on the coast of Kauai. Attached find a THAAD interceptor taking off. You can tell it's THAAD because it has to fly in tight spirals during first stage to bleed off excess energy, or else the debris field from the intercept would cover too large an area.
>> Anonymous
>>260060
POWAR OVERWHELMING
lol.
>> Anonymous
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Now you see the power of the Brotherhod. We have captured your Ion Cannon facility and have proved our willingness to use it. You have six hours to meet our demands, or we will use this weapon to destroy a major city.

First. The Global Defense Initiative must disband. All existing weapon and ammunition stockpiles must be destroyed, and all production facilities mothballed.

Second. I want cookies.
>> Anonymous
>>259935
>missile being lunched
wat
>> Anonymous
>>260060
actually, op's pic is the THAAD missile, not the target missile.

Your pic is of a THAAD test in New Mexico, not Hawaii. The THAAD only has to do the spiral at the white sands missile range in NM, because it would have the possibility of going out of the white sands missile range if it didn't bleed off energy.
>> Anonymous
>>260143
OM NOM NOM
>> Anonymous
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I have a few of these
>> Anonymous
^ but for soem reason I can't post the others
>> Anonymous
Beware enemies of freedom, we've got Ion Cannons!
>> Anonymous
the thaad missile always spirals because that is how it self-calibrates for atmospheric conditions (wind, air pressure, etc.). has nothing to do with location and burning off energy.
>> Anonymous
Informed anonymous is informed.
>> Anonymous
>>260344
so very wrong sir.
>> Anonymous
>>260344
WRONG!
>> Anonymous
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/thaad/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_High_Altitude_Area_Defense
Is this correct anonymous?
>> Anonymous
>>260358
>>260366
His or her explanation is better than you two pointing out with no explanation whatsoever, fucktards.
>> Anonymous
I was under the impression that it spins due to stabilization from launch, and no, it does not always spin so violently. In fact, I was under impression that sometimes the adjustments are so minute at a safe distance you can't see flight path deviance.
>> Anonymous
Actually that's a tomahawk launch. On a US Navy test range. I should know, we have the same image hanging in the office.

SR Anon USN
NAVSUBASE, Groton
>> Anonymous
MIKURU BEAM
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Whats this one a picture of then? multiple simultaneous launch?
>> Anonymous
It's gods cum
>> Anonymous
>>260422
I thought that one was when they were testing a multi-warhead nuke and were using dummy warheads
>> Anonymous
What would be the point of dropping that many nukes on 1 target?
>> Doppelgänger !.97.to9elc
>>260422
A test of a MIRV warhead dispersing its individual munitions. By dispensing the bombs in high altitude, a single missile can annihilate multiple targets at once.
>> Doppelgänger !.97.to9elc
>>260427
Alternatively, instead of hitting several targets at once, sending multiple nukes against one target is useful if you are hell-bent on blowing that area to kingdom come. The reasoning being that if anti-missile defences are present, there's a chance at least one will make it through.
>> Anonymous
>>260384
the correct info was posted by>>260147

>>260417
and no, no it is not.
The source of this pic is from the missile defense agency's website. It is of a THAAD test in Hawaii, not a Tomahawk.

http://www.mda.mil/mdalink/images/27octFTT08.jpg
>> Anonymous
>>260427
truly epic lulz
think of how many vans you could blow up, dude.
>> Anonymous
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AEGIS SM-3 > THAAD
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
Sorry, one of our mobile suits went hay-wire and fired off a round from its left rail-gun. We plan to have it ready for launch within 5 years. The giant penis isn't operating as it should. The cyanide isn't spraying properly from the head, and is leaking down the legs, thus costing us the lives of several hundred Mexican workers who were in charge of cleaning it.
>> Anonymous
It's 10,000 volts of NIGGA-TRICITY