I wouldn't call it a "conventional" missile. It appears to be applying common sense by detaching, but swinging to the rear on a cable, to gain alignment rapidly and then detaching from the cable into flight. It also doesn't actually appear to strike any target so I find it difficult to justify ca...
Also, this is reminiscient of a short bit of footage in "911 Loose Change". It's of the top of one of the towers viewed from a weather camera on top of the other building. The scene is replayed, enlarged, and slowed down, and the narrator mentions something falling from the side of the top floor ...
[cont'd, @floodlezoot, re "continuity"] ...if there was a shot of a hand with eyes drawn on it and lipstick, mouthing the words, would that have been beyond your capacity for coherant and logical thought regarding such simple editting principles (heck, these days, it's practically "convention" - ...
I wouldn't call it a "conventional" missile. It appears to be applying common sense by detaching, but swinging to the rear on a cable, to gain alignment rapidly and then detaching from the cable into flight. It also doesn't actually appear to strike any target so I find it difficult to justify ca...