WouldBe said:
The specs for a tomahawk missile have been posted up severel times before, it's body is only 18 inches in diameter.
So if this mystery object is from a tomahawk missile then the people carrying it can only be about 6 inches high
The Basics
A cruise missile is basically a small, pilotless airplane.
Cruise missiles have an 8.5-foot (2.61-meter) wingspan, are powered by turbofan engines and can fly 500 to 1,000 miles (805 to 1,610 km) depending on the configuration.
A cruise missile's job in life is to deliver a 1,000-pound (450-kg) high-explosive bomb to a precise location -- the target. The missile is destroyed when the bomb explodes.
no one considers that there are other cruise missiles, with different specs that make more sense than a tomahawk cruise missile. i used to live in alberta where the us had authority to test cruise missiles. i've seen them myself, one flew over my house, low ...they look like this:
they are
AGM-86B/C MISSILES and here's a little something about them:
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General CharacteristicsPrimary Function: Air-to-ground strategic cruise missile
Contractor: Boeing Defense and Space Group.
Guidance Contractors: Litton Guidance and Control, and Interstate Electronics Corp. (AGM-86C model)
Power Plant: Williams Research Corp. F-107-WR-10 turbofan engine
Thrust: 600 pounds
Length: 20 feet, 9 inches (6.3 meters)
Weight: 3,150 pounds (1,429 kilograms)
Diameter: 24.5 inches (62.23 centimeters)
Wingspan: 12 feet (3.65 meters)
Range: AGM-86B: 1,500-plus miles; AGM-86C: 600 nautical miles (nominal); classified (specific)
Speed: AGM-86B, about 550 mph (Mach 0.73); AGM 86C, high subsonic (nominal), classified (specific)
Guidance System: AGM-86B, Litton inertial navigation element with terrain contour-matching updates; AGM 86C, Litton INS element integrated with multi-channel onboard GPS
Warheads: AGM-86B, Nuclear capable; AGM-86C; Block 0, 2,000 pound class, and Block I , 3,000 pound class
Unit Cost: AGM-86B, $1 million; AGM-86C, additional $160,000 conversion cost
Date Deployed: AGM-86B, December 1982; AGM-86C, January 1991
Inventory: AGM-86B, Active force, 1,142; ANG, 0; Reserve, 0.
AGM-86C, 239, Block 0, 41; Block I, 198
MissionThe AGM-86B air-launched cruise missiles and AGM-86C conventional air-launched cruise missiles were developed to increase the effectiveness of B-52H bombers. In combination, they dilute an enemy's forces and complicate defense of its territory.
Features
The small, winged AGM-86B/C missile is powered by a turbofan jet engine that propels it at sustained subsonic speeds.
After launch, the missile's folded wings, tail surfaces and engine inlet deploy. The AGM 86B is then able to fly complicated routes to a target through use of a terrain contour-matching guidance system. The AGM 86C uses an onboard Global Positioning System (GPS) coupled with its inertial navigation system (INS) to fly. This allows the missile to guide itself to the target with pinpoint accuracy.
AGM-86B/C missiles increase flexibility in target selection. AGM-86B missiles can be air-launched in large numbers by the bomber force. B-52H bombers carry six AGM-86B or AGM-86C missiles on each of two externally mounted pylons and eight internally on a rotary launcher, giving the B-52H a maximum capacity of 20 missiles per aircraft.
The AGM-86C CALCM differs from the AGM-86B air launched cruise missile in that it carries a conventional blast/fragmentation payload rather than a nuclear payload and employs a GPS aided INS.
An enemy force would have to counterattack each of the missiles, making defense against them costly and complicated. The enemy's defenses are further hampered by the missiles' small size and low-altitude flight capability, which makes them difficult to detect on radar. <snip>
this piece of equipment would do the job quite handily...and looks just about right...to be mistaken for a plane, a small one.
and as for eye witnesses any cop, investigator or even a security guard can tell you that only 15% of eye witness testimony is accurate, remotely even. it's been tested time and time again...so forget what so and so saw for the most part because they don't know either.