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Mystery "missile"?
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Watch your heads... O.o
Hm, I dont get the point of this Oo
Public media debunks it as an airplane contrail, don't believe them. Theres a large visible glow at the origin, making it a possible missile test since conventional aircraft don't such emit a large glow from their exaust.
If it's anything, it's probably just a missile test. Considering it hasn't landed on anyone, it's probably not sinister.
If they were putting up, say, a space laser, or talking with aliens, they'd just tell everyone they were putting up a comm sat and launch from a regular NASA base. So if it is a rocket, it's probably a classified ballisitics project.
It is classified... at first they claimed and said to the media they don't know what it is. Why? Because, most likely, it is too secret to reveal and lower command posts don't have an idea.
How come, one of the most advanced technologically countries in this world doesn't know what happens in its borders, especially the air space?
The most important part of a secret is not letting people know there is a secret. Somebody asks you about some **** you don't want them to know about, you don't say "That's a secret" you say "What secret?"
Alternately, it's simply a result of "Information Imprint Reduction" which is what anyone working in classified projects does. If you want to keep a secret, you tell as few people as possible and you don't make it clear who you are. Thus, when this sort of stuff happens, they ask the wrong people, who truthfully answer they have no idea.
If this isn't a plane, which is what is being reported, than I'd put money down on it being a Navy anti-ship ballistic missile test or a counter to the above. The Navy has been losing face over a high-arc Chinese missile that was purpose built to kill carriers, so if the US were testing their own version or a counter to it I'd certainly keep it secret.
However, I would note the double contrail, which is inconsistant with any kind of missile I know of but would match, say, a plane banking.
Still, there are another doubts.
It was launched about 35km out to the sea. Isn't everybody supposed to not know what's happening at all? I.e. testing without anybody peeking? Why would they launch it so close?
That's easy. They're testing within national waters. Testing ballistic weapons in international waters is prohibited by several treaties.
Shooting it... up in the air?