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To: archy
"Max altitude: 4000 m"

13,123 feet - less than the 13,800 recorded by the FAA. Seems unlikely that impact would occur at the tip of the range.
64 posted on 04/05/2004 9:37:24 PM PDT by Tymesup
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To: Tymesup
"Max altitude: 4000 m"

13,123 feet - less than the 13,800 recorded by the FAA. Seems unlikely that impact would occur at the tip of the range.

Correct. A missile with a heavier warhead might have it reduced to stretch some additional range/altitude, not likely with a Stinger or RBS-70. But a developmental or upgraded version might manage, and *golden BBs* do happen. A terrorist launch team would presumably be under orders to shoot a more certain target, a sitting duck- unless there was a target of mandatory importance on that particular flight.

65 posted on 04/05/2004 9:47:00 PM PDT by archy (The darkness will come. It will find you,and it will scare you like you've never been scared before.)
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