Originally Posted by
mike734
I believe it was a missile. I've spoken to several people with first hand accounts of the incident. Why is it so hard to believe the Navy could have made a mistake? The notion that you can't keep people quiet is ridiculous.
Well, I happen to know of at least two times when a missile went astray due to a human error during a live fire exercise I was participating in (different battery than mine). And by "astray" I mean off-base where it could have ran into a school or church. Covering it up? You got to be kidding me. I guess you've never heard of what's known as an "enlisted servicemember".