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No, the terrorists simply are prooving to the people in the know, that we can hurt you on your own soil if you don't do what we want. Our government should have had better intelligence to monitor the moslem embasies. The more we get involved with moslem nations, the more they will learn, and steal from us, and bite us in the a--

You may be right, but it doesn't dispute the point that I made. If terrorists shot down Fl. 800, they haven't (as far as I know) announced it. Maybe their goals are to make their point quietly, but that is not the usual mode of operation for terrorists (even the name, terrorists implies that you are trying to spread terror, i.e. make many people aware of your ability to inflict murder and mayhem). So if they are keeping quiet about it, it would not be the normal mode of operation.

Terrorists were definitely not involved. A KKV would not be available to them unless they stole a complete Navy vessel with its VLT. Plus, the dog did not bark. Terrorists can down aircraft but TWA800 was downed by a Naval accident. Stinger type missiles have downed many aircraft in other countries, principally in Africa. A shoulder launched missile should allow time for a Mayday to be issued by the crew. The thing which hit TWA800 fragmented the aircraft immediately according to the radar record. The FDR anomalies attest to this as well. The nose folded to the right and back; the empennage broke to the left and downward; the outer wing panels spun off in a CW direction. The CCW yaw caused the engines to land in a CCW rotated position relative to their inflight direction. The violence of the breakup caused the victims to be decapitated. It is likely that no one suffered. Death came immediately. Though some seats were charred, the victims near the CWT remained unburned due to being ejected before the CWT flamed up. The victims who stayed with the nose or empennage were away from fuel containment. The portion which exploded in the massive fireball was likely the center fuselage portion with stubby wings attached. This explosion was the only one visible to the hundreds who saw any explosion proving that a missile without a warhead caused the crash, thusly a KKV. Since chaff was ejected at impact, this proved that terrorists were not involved as well. Terrorists would not use missiles which eject chaff rather than explode. No point.