Another missle launch off the coast of Texas?

[namvet]

Not sure but some are speculating.


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[Gaffer]

Interesting. I didn't buy the plane contrail on the last one and I don't buy it for this one either. It's a fucking missile. The question is what are they shooting at?

[fj1200]

iPhones; giving stupid people their 15 minutes since 2007. :rolleyes:

[texastom]

iPhones; giving stupid people their 15 minutes since 2007. :rolleyes:Yeah, instead they should just keep their mouths shut.

[namvet]

iPhones; giving stupid people their 15 minutes since 2007. :rolleyes:

you got an answer let's hear it. and what about the one seen off Newfoundland in 2009 ???

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_basraNod1Ms/TAA4wVLctzI/AAAAAAAABgI/9wYrzYs8HgM/s1600/UFO+Canada+2010.jpg

link (http://www.ufo-blogger.com/2010/05/newfoundland-ufo-sighting-mystery-still.html)

[fj1200]

Yeah, instead they should just keep their mouths shut.

Sometimes...


It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

[texastom]

Sometimes...They haven't been proven "fools".

[fj1200]

you got an answer let's hear it. and what about the one seen off Newfoundland in 2009 ???

Nope, but at least the news coverage included more than the expert testimony of a guy with a phone.

[texastom]

Nope, but at least the news coverage included more than the expert testimony of a guy with a phone.Guess you missed the part about the AFB commander also stating he was intrigued when he saw the event. He is an "expert" of sorts and also had no idea what it was.

[revelarts]

China

[texastom]

ChinaThey, along with Iran, seem to be flaunting their military capabilities quite a lot lately.

Just wait... it won't be long before north Korea test fires another missile.

[Mr. P]

The below link is a VFR sectional chart (aviation map). It shows Padre island national seashore area, Corpus and the Naval air stations and a tremendously large amount of military operational airspace area on shore and off shore (east) until maps end. Then there's the biggy of Special use airspace R-6312. (you can drag the map to view the area)


R-6312 McMullen Target Site/Range

The Navy's mission of training aviators uses the range in McMullen County, variously known as the McMullen County Range or the McMullen Target Site/Range. In 1966 the Padre Island ranges were decommissioned, and crews are dispatched to remove remaining ordnance. Later that year, bombing operations were moved to McMullen County. The Navy, and Texas National Guard continue to use the facility.
NAS Kingsville manages the McMullen County Range, (often referred to as Yankee/Dixie range, identifying its Yankee and Dixie target complexes). This range and its restricted airspace R-6312 lie approximately 65 miles northwest of Kingsville. The range offers scored training for air to surface gunnery and inert weapons drops. The range serves NAS Kingsville’s assigned training wing (TRAWING 2) and also the Texas ANG 149 th Fighter Wing from Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX.
NAS Kingsville is located 30 miles southwest of Corpus Christi. It is surrounded primarily by ranch land, much of which is the King Ranch. Its unencumbered air space is supported by four 8,000-ft runways at the Air Station, two 8,000-ft runways at Naval Air Landing Field Orange Grove, and the McMullen Target Complex. The ceiling of R-6312, associated with the McMullen Range Complex, has been increased to FL230 (23,000'). The increase will permit high-altitude bomb drops at the range. In recognition of a requirement to support High Altitude Radar Bombing practice a proposal has been submitted to raise the ceiling of R-6312 to FL 240 (24,000').

My guess is it was U.S. military activity. Even though there was no activity reported from NAS Kingsville doesn't mean there wasn't activity originating from somewhere else. The Air guard would be likely to drill on a sunday.

That's my 2cents.

Here's a bit of trivia: You don't see any RED ink on the map...anyone know why?

http://skyvector.com/?ll=27.350271977277785,-97.0498501038587&chart=36&zoom=3<script src="http://skyvector.com/perl/lchart?ll=27.350271977277785,-97.0498501038587&s=3&c=sv_1471&i=36" type="text/javascript"></script>

[texastom]

The below link is a VFR sectional chart (aviation map). It shows Padre island national seashore area, Corpus and the Naval air stations and a tremendously large amount of military operational airspace area on shore and off shore (east) until maps end. Then there's the biggy of Special use airspace R-6312. (you can drag the map to view the area)

My guess is it was U.S. military activity. Even though there was no activity reported from NAS Kingsville doesn't mean there wasn't activity originating from somewhere else. The Air guard would be likely to drill on a sunday.

That's my 2cents.

Here's a bit of trivia: You don't see any RED ink on the map...anyone know why?

http://skyvector.com/?ll=27.350271977277785,-97.0498501038587&chart=36&zoom=3<script src="http://skyvector.com/perl/lchart?ll=27.350271977277785,-97.0498501038587&s=3&c=sv_1471&i=36" type="text/javascript"></script>Because the red ink would not be viewable with a red lens cabin light or flashlight??

[texastom]

meh, I'm wrong.... does anybody here, other than the Q's OP, know the answer without googling?

I should have known my answer was wrong.... I remember many a night reading a military topo map with a red-lensed flashlight.

[Gaffer]

I believe it has to do with color blindness.

[texastom]

I believe it has to do with color blindness.You'd be correct sir.

[Mr. P]

You'd be correct sir.
It would seem so but that's not correct. For the most part color blindness disqualifies you medically from flying, although I understand that there are wavers now depending on severity. Good shot at it though, Gaffer!

You were correct texastom..but you changed yer answer..:slap: :laugh:
Red does washout or disappear completely when using red light in the cockpit so it's not used. Instead of red they use magenta on the map.

[texastom]

It would seem so but that's not correct. For the most part color blindness disqualifies you medically from flying, although I understand that there are wavers now depending on severity. Good shot at it though, Gaffer!

You were correct texastom..but you changed yer answer..:slap: :laugh:
Red does washout or disappear completely when using red light in the cockpit so it's not used. Instead of red they use magenta on the map.Funny, that was my first guess, but when I googled it, all I could find was talk about "color blindness". Hence the reason for my thinking I must be wrong.

I do know that in the Army the elevation lines are in red, and I don't remember never being able to read them with a red lens.

Oh well. :laugh: