The nose came off just before the fuel tanks. Right sbout where those landing/take off lights are......
And no, the Stinger wouldn't necessarily ignite the fuel. The blast has already happened to the warhead, the only thing left are high speed fragments, like a shotgun blast. These punch holes in the target. And, like a shotgun, wouldn't ignite anything except in a secondary role. I.e. sparking wires. This does fit a Stinger kill profile. Or an SA-14, SA-18... Javelin, etc.etc.etc.
We gave the Afghanis several Stingers (A/B/C versions) back when the SOvs were fighting them. Not all have been accounted for. Some ended up on the black market. Some are still in Taliban hands. I think back in '96 we found one. It was returned to us by way of boat. (Osama bin raghead did take credit for that hit..)
Who saw a blast other than pieces of aircraft in loose formation? A Stinger which does not show up exploding would not do much. A B747 is a highly redundant structure that would require a very fast and relatively heavy missile to break it up. The violent yaw in TWA800 was effectively centered between engine one and engine two as shown by the EPR anomalies. A Stinger should not do this. The fuselage spine broke in two places. Again, a Stinger should not do this. No one saw a fuel/air explosion at the time of missile impact. A non exploding KKV could do what happened.
"We gave the Afghanis several Stingers (A/B/C versions) back when the SOvs were fighting them. Not all have been accounted for. Some ended up on the black market. Some are still in Taliban hands. I think back in '96 we found one. It was returned to us by way of boat. (Osama bin raghead did take credit for that hit..)" What's your evidence that Ahab In A Dinghy "shot down" TWA Flight 800?
What's your touch-it feel-it physical evidence of a "shootdown" of the 747?
Can you name any expert witness report analysts who agrees with the "missile witnesses" allegations?
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