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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] [QUOTE]Saying that your opinion is correct does not actually make it so.[/QUOTE]I like to think that I speak from a position of some experience. While of course I've never seen a satellite fire projectiles at the surface (and I hope I never do) because known one has. However, I live and have lived on a very active military training area for several decades and I've probably seen just about every type of aircraft you care to name, buzzing my house on a daily basis. I've seen them landing, taking off, at night, in broad daylight, flying at high altitudes and coming unnervingly close to swiping my TV antenna off the top of my roof. I've also had a little background in amateur astronomy and I can tell you that there is no mistaking a passing satellite for an aircraft. For a start satellites are very bright, very easy to spot and go like stink in the night. While your average aircraft is just a slow moving, very dark silhouette which you probably wouldn't see at all if it weren't for the red beacons and flashing strobes. Even then you almost always hear them long before you can see them. As for the missiles, my house is also just a few miles away from a large artillery range and have the shaky windows to prove it. Again I've seen all sorts of ordinance fired off, shells, missiles, mortars etc. and I have some sense at just how fast these things can go. Also the concept of sideways firing missiles on an air plane is unheard of in my experience and I imagine that such a thing would be a little destabilizing which is probably why all the craft that I'm aware of tend to fire along their flight path. If that is not the case then I stand corrected, it's just speculation on my part. And Liam, at no point did I decree my opinion to be unquestionable, I merely expressed that opinion. If you don't agree then you're more than welcome to offer any counter arguments that you might have. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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