Chinese anti-ICMB missile test?

[bitchstewie]

Some nice photos if nothing else

https://theaviationist.com/2017/07/29/commercial-p...

[Evolved]

So let me get this right.

By chance China and Korea just happen to test at the same time all while photographer, blogger and commercial pilot just happens to be flying past in his 747 to capture it all in stunning high def pictures?

[Eric Mc]

Evolved said:

So let me get this right.

By chance China and Korea just happen to test at the same time all while photographer, blogger and commercial pilot just happens to be flying past in his 747 to capture it all in stunning high def pictures?

Missile tests are actually very hard to keep secret. Their exhaust trails can be seen from hundreds of miles away, depending on time of day and the lighting conditions. And there are lots of aeroplanes in the sky at any one time. Many space launches and missile launches have been captured by observant air crew over the decades.

This image of the ionised trail left by Apollo 13 was captured by an airline pilot back in 1970.

[lee_fr200]

So North Korea do a missile test and its in all the media

China do a missile test and no one bats an eye

[Yipper]

lee_fr200 said:

So North Korea do a missile test and its in all the media

China do a missile test and no one bats an eye

North Korea rattle their sabres and openly say they wanna smash America. The Western media love it and hype it up to attract eyeballs and ears.

China just gets on with quietly building the military that will control the world in about 50 years (taking over from the Americans).

[dr_gn]

Eric Mc said:

Missile tests are actually very hard to keep secret. Their exhaust trails can be seen from hundreds of miles away, depending on time of day and the lighting conditions. And there are lots of aeroplanes in the sky at any one time. Many space launches and missile launches have been captured by observant air crew over the decades.

This image of the ionised trail left by Apollo 13 was captured by an airline pilot back in 1970.

A rocket launch trail at that angle? More like re-entry.

[Eric Mc]

It is a re-entry picture. The point I was making was that airline pilots have been spotting space related events on camera for a long time.