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A P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft observed a low-flying object traveling at approximately 500 knots in sea-skim mode northwest of Latakia, Syria (November 2016) during monitoring of Russian Carrier Task Group activity, with the crew framing it as a possible missile of unknown origin.
The P-8 is optimized for detecting maritime targets. A 500-knot sea-skim contact that the crew could not identify and framed as 'possible missile' suggests neither drone nor known aircraft fit the profile.
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