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To: GeronL
I don't think that was the problem with TWA 800. I think it was a shoulder-launched SAM and the Clinton re-election team buried it. They didn't want to deal with it.

I disagree with you only very slightly. I suspect a missile slightly larger than a shoulder-fired one, possibly a pedestal-mount vehicular or light naval unit, or perhaps an air-to-air aircraft missile reworked for ground launch and control, similar to the British Rapier or U.S. Chapparal.

16 posted on 04/23/2004 5:22:32 AM 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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To: archy
Wasn't a Russian missile of similar description (pedestal mounted) found in a field in Virginia all set to fire, about 2 years ago?

(I am not ruling out the amazing possibility that you will post a picture of said missile, that is how highly I regard your skills.) Best,

19 posted on 04/23/2004 6:22:25 AM PDT by Triple (All forms of socialism deny individuals the right to the fruits of their labor)
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To: archy
Sorry, a French missile (mistral) was found in 1994 in Maryland on its tripod ready to fire.
21 posted on 04/23/2004 6:41:05 AM PDT by Triple (All forms of socialism deny individuals the right to the fruits of their labor)
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