A comparable nuclear blast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paCUhiUxxIw
Seems the spectators found it thrilling. harry On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > Resend with this addition: NASA says meteor was "nuclear-like" in its > intensity. Maybe they know something. > > http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/15/16969092-nuclear-like-in-its-i > ntensity-russian-meteor-blast-is-the-largest-since-1908?lite > > > > Ed, > > Near the end of the video at 26-27 seconds - where the slow motion starts - > a pointed object can be seen barreling into the meteor - following which, it > explodes. That object is a little too "perfect" to be believed, but it is > intriguing if not faked. > > This is consistent with an air launched ABM which generally have small > nuclear warheads (briefcase size). This would account for the rapid > acceleration of debris following the explosion. An ABM missile developed in > the USA called "Sprint" was reported to have achieved 21,000 mph at high > altitude. That missile had an official speed of mach 10 in the lower > atmosphere and was nuclear tipped. > > Consequently - this high speed is within the realm of "common sense" for a > ABM launched from a high altitude interceptor. Plus this region where the > incident occurred is the most secret and sensitive in all of Russia - it is > their Oak Ridge and Hanford. That would explain why an interceptor would > have been operational at this time. It could have been a precaution against > the other, larger meteorite. > > BTW, that Sprint missile was early 1990s - twenty years old and yet it could > conceivably have "shot down" (nuked) a meteorite in some circumstance - if > one is not concerned about the repercussions and radioactivity. Consequently > - it is remotely possible the Russians have am ABM which is fast enough - at > least when launched at high altitude; and that they would be willing to use > it to protect a very sensitive region. > > The most likely explanation, of course, is that the video was faked. > > But that explanation lacks the drama of a "shoot down" and after all, there > was a Military Officer quoted as saying "we shot it down"... within hours of > the incident... but that quote was not from Pravda - closer to the Russian > equivalent of Fox. > > > From: Edmund Storms > > > What is so unusual about this video? The meteor exploded, > which sent fragments in all directions, including straight ahead as the > video shows. As for shooting down an object slowing from 17000 mph in the > atmosphere, where is the common sense? > > Ed > On Feb 17, 2013, at 7:17 AM, Jones Beene wrote: > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-octPHs9gcs&feature=player_embedded#t=0s > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-octPHs9gcs&feature=player_embedded> > > > NASA failed to mention the surprising activity that seems to > show up in this Russian video, in slo-mo. > > The video could have been altered - with the addition of a > fast moving object that seems to impact with the object to make it explode > (at about 27 seconds). > > Since the original story of a missile shoot-down came from > Russian military, why not give it some credence?
