Looks like a piece of cake for various groups of journalists that are good in tossing dead flies and convert them into combat elephants.
Here is one more article, from a former dominion:
http://shoofee.ca/2017/01/22/uk-cove...e-veers-to-us/
The reality is that things happen, and "all concerned" were/are, no doubt, monitoring such launches and did not cry outloud.