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To: Ray76

It was shot down, likely from a boat and with a shoulder-fired missile.


36 posted on 07/13/2016 11:37:35 PM PDT by Mjreagan
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To: Mjreagan
It was shot down, likely from a boat and with a shoulder-fired missile.

It likely wasn't a "shoulder-fired missile" -- for two reasons:

1. The maximum altitude for a shoulder-fired missile is 13,000 ft. TW800 was at 14,500 ft when it began to disintegrate.

2. The explosive charge in a shoulder-fired missile is insufficient to cause the destruction of a plane the size of a Boeing 747.

A boat launch is likely. But it would need to be something a little more substantial -- and more lethal -- than a Stinger.

37 posted on 07/14/2016 12:05:33 AM PDT by okie01
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