Lahs yes, why not? I'm thinking tin foil hats all around for Christmas this year! lol
Think Wayne Madsen has the best theory I've seen so far on this missile (and yes, it was a missile from all expert accounts, oops... except those issuing forth from the furiously backpedaling military dis/mis-info spigots):
http://www.infowars.com/wayne-madsen-china-fired-missile-seen-in-southern-california/Wayne Madsen Report
November 10, 2010
Pentagon and its embedded media covering up Chinese show of force off LA
Here's another not-so-subtle message from China to US:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-492804/The-uninvited-guest-Chinese-sub-pops-middle-U-S-Navy-exercise-leaving-military-chiefs-red-faced.html#ixzz14vxJo8vS<snip>
Analysts believe Beijing was sending a message to America and the West demonstrating its rapidly-growing military capability to threaten foreign powers which try to interfere in its "backyard".
The People's Liberation Army Navy's submarine fleet includes at least two nuclear-missile launching vessels.
Its 13 Song Class submarines are extremely quiet and difficult to detect when running on electric motors.
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