[Alter Kaker]

What makes you so cock-sure it was a MANPADS?

I'm not. Whatever caused Flight 800 to go down, it was almost certainly not a MANPADS.

[Strategerist]

I'm not. Whatever caused Flight 800 to go down, it was almost certainly not a MANPADS.

According to one of Cashill's super-secret sources several weeks ago (or, more lilely, a voice in his head) it was a Tomahawk missile.

Amazes me how guys can continually embarass themselves in print like that and still have an audience.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

I'm not. Whatever caused Flight 800 to go down, it was almost certainly not a MANPADS.

Many, including the DHS, State Dept. and Northrup-Grummann disagree with you about the threat and operational capabilities of MANPADS. (The MANPADS Menace: Combating the Threat to Global Aviation from Man-Portable Air Defense Systems)

MANPADS can strike aircraft flying at altitudes up to approximately 15,000 feet (4572 meters) at a range of up to 3 miles (4.82 kilometers).

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See 'Zone of Susceptibility' on page 4. (MANPAD Protection for Commercial Aircraft)