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I’m afraid I’m not as confident of that as you are. About six days prior to the TWA 800 incident there were reports of missile(s) sighted in the area. I honestly don’t know what was going on in the area, but I have an open mind when it comes to life fire testing.

Well I can speak from experience. I served on several missile-equipped ships in 9 years of active duty, participated in about a dozen missile firings, and never heard of a single one conducted outside of the Atlantic Fleet missile range off Puerto Rico. I never heard of a live firing of any kind north of the Virginia capes. And the reason why no live firings of any kind are done north of there should be obvious, you have the most densely travelled air corridors in the world between DC and Boston. Conducting live weapons firings anywhere near that would be insane, and the Navy brass isn't insane.

Some other options to consider.

Terrorists were after the El-Al flight, but the TWA800 took off in it’s place. OOPS.

International arms dealer takes foreign visitors out on his launch for party. Someone takes the manpads launcher out and fires it. TWA800 was flying lower than normal and.....

Thanks for your response. What you say makes sense. What you can't say is why the Navy stated that there were no U.S. Naval exercises in the area on the night of the TWA 800 incident. When they made that false claim and finally had to own up to the fact that they had a rather sizable operation in the direct vacinity of that incident at that very moment, it completely destroyed their ability to claim anything concerning this event again and be taken serious.

Your view of this is certainly an important viewpoint and I'm not here to say you're take isn't valid. All I am fairly certain of is that TWA 800 was taken down by a SAM. Whose SAM that was and what the intent actually was, I don't have any way of knowing at this point.

The FBI and CIA were tasked to take this investigation away from the NTSB for some reason. Whether we like it or not, we have to consider all options when it comes to a valid reason for that to take place.

I'm not here to definitively say anything, but from my point of view everything remains on the table until sanity re-enters the explaining of the downing of TWA 800. If I were a member of the US Navy I would wretch at this stance, but as an objective individual I can't see my way clear to think of this in any other terms.

From the focus of my comments it probably seems like I'm focusing on the US Navy in deference to any other entity. That is because I naturally get more objection from those supportive of the US Navy. I am more receptive to the idea that a Middle-Eastern player was responsible for what took place. I just have no way of knowing.

“I never heard of a live firing of any kind north of the Virginia capes. And the reason why no live firings of any kind are done north of there should be obvious, you have the most densely travelled air corridors in the world between DC and Boston.”

And north of there you also start getting into the trans-Atlantic air corridors.