now THIS is interesting ( LA people will know what happened )

[Stormhammer]

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=general&message.id=1714119

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050922-1958-ca-rocketlaunch.html

hmm - so true story? 

[Ponch ®]

they usually test fire ICBM's and Defense missiles from Point Mugu or Vandenberg. That pic is from a launch a couple of days ago. No big mistery.

also happened 3 years ago:

http://www.nbc4.tv/news/1677985/detail.html

[Stormhammer]

ah okay - didnt know if aliens were invading or something 


pretty cool - but all the way fromt he Marshal Islands? 

[Dans 68]

Yep, all the way to the Marshall Islands. They test the missile guidance and delivery systems over that large distance. When I worked for the defense industry back in the '80's, I was treated to an MX missile launch at VAFB (I worked on the launch system) and it was awesome in every way.
That missile had multiple re-entry vehicles that selectively hit different targets in the Kwajalein Islands (see http://www.smdc.army.mil/RTS.html). The stories I could tell....

Dan