Within moments of leaving the ship, the missiles were traveling too fast and far for the naked eye to follow.
He said the Administration believed that the missile indeed traveled less than 500 kilometers.
The missiles traveled at a speed too great for the force-landing system to be effective.
Even when the missile travels at a hundred thousand miles per hour, it takes about three minutes to cover the distance.
If the missile is traveling four times the speed of the target, it should follow an angle about 11 degrees in front.
With a range of 10,360 miles, the missile could travel further than any previously produced in the United States.
After a while, the missiles traveled only at night under police escort.
However, these missiles travel slowly and have a low rate of fire.
The missile travels at speeds of Mach 2.8 to 3.0.
At its fastest, the missile travels at over 13,000 miles an hour.