chase the light

Wargames create beautiful sunsets. A Minuteman II missle was launched from Vandenberg AFB tonight. According to the launch schedule the unarmed warhead and decoys were on a ballistic (non-orbital) trajectory to the Pacific. An interceptor launched from Meck Island was to attempt an intercept of the warhead. Remember the acronyms ICBM and MIRV’S? This is it. It can carry up to three nuclear warheads, but through treaties is only allowed to carry one. Oh that’s nice, fortunately that one is only hundreds of times more powerful than those dropped on Japan. Really want to grasp the full reality of this missle flying over L.A…? Read this story [LINK] that ran in the press on Friday after the launch. After that, read this story [LINK] that ran Monday as FBI reps were in Manila. Which is only about 2000 miles from Meck Island. Or about 20 minutes in missle time. I feel sooo much safer now, thank you. Sure is pretty. Even funnier is that the base is called the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missle Defense Test Site.