Originally Posted by
rattman
Its a tomahawk cruise missile which is currently in the US naval inventory, fired from a VLS which is currently also serving in the navy. Its a no brainer about simple this is was. Probably a test fire to check all the sensor and systems for future upgrades
I know that. My post was rather sarcastic.
The US was since long ago breaching this treaty with at least 4 systems:
- MK-41 launch complexes in Romania and now in Poland that could launch Tomahawks (just proven)
- modernisation of SM-6 that could be launched from Aegis ashore
- long-range heavy strike drones also formally fall into the category of systems subject to this treay
- during some recent years in the DoD budget there is a special position concerning R&D on an advanced medium range missile
While there is no proof about the Russian ballistic missile. During the test it flew a bit shorter than 500 km.
When US experts were invited to examine it, nobody arrived. Absolutely the same as with "chemwep" in Syria, staged by "white helmets". When the Russians brought the children and their parents to the Hague and organized a press conference where "victims" (in obviously good health)explained in detail that they were threatened to participate in the show with toothpaste and foam, nobody of western media and coalition representatives arrived.