When Is A Missile Not A Missile?

When some 'experts' say it's a contrail...

"Said John Pike, a defense and aerospace expert who runs GlobalSecurity.org: "This thing is so obviously an airplane contrail, and yet apparently all the king's horses and all the king's men can't find someone to stand up and say it." He added, "I guess the president's out of town."

The object, Pike said, was moving too slowly to be a missile, adding: "There's a reason that they're called rockets."
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Meteorologist Kevin Martin of the Southern California Weather Authority is a believer in the airplane theory, too.

"We see this often when the flights come at the right time, however, some people are just out to witness it at the right time," Martin told Examiner.com in Los Angeles. "We had strong winds up there as well as really cold temperatures from a passing storm system. This also had an area of upper level moisture ... where airliners fly."

Source: Experts say 'mystery missile' neither mystery nor missile
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/experts-say-mystery-missile-neither-mystery-n

How stupid do they think you are?

Now it may not be an American missile. Don't forget China has been allowed access to American military secrets.

directly:
http://engforum.pravda.ru/showthread.php?297649-How-China-Steals-U.S.-Military-Secrets-Popular-Mechanics

more significantly, indirectly with a little help from their AAA friends:
1996 An Office of Naval Intelligence document, "Worldwide Challenges to Naval Strike Warfare" reported that "US technology has been acquired [by China] through Israel in the form of the Lavi fighter and possibly SAM [surface-to-air] missile technology." Jane's Defense Weekly (2/28/96) noted that "until now, the intelligence community has not openly confirmed the transfer of US technology [via Israel] to China." The report noted that this "represents a dramatic step forward for Chinese military aviation." (Flight International, 3/13/96)
Source - http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/motherofallscandals.html

Israel Accounts for 12% of World's Military Exports
http://www.ishitech.co.il/0904ar2.htm

US to boost military aid to Israel
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/150517.html

Latest Chinese Warplane Flies with US Technology
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/print.asp?ID=357

Because when we're having a world war, it just has to be a fair fight...hey remember how appeasement allowed Hitler a few more years to build up his army to full strength? Good sport that way, you see. Can't get all dressed up only to be home by Christmas now, can we? It wouldn't be proper.