[willgolfforfood]

One of the reasons that the Clinton administration said that Flight 800 could NOT have been shot down by a land-based, surface-to-air missle is that none of them could go to 13,000 - 15,000 feet in the air.

But apparently, it's not a big stretch for a hobbyist rocket to get to that altitude.

Very interesting.

[Lazamataz]

A hobby rocket.

Like this older Soviet SAM.

[Young Werther]

I have observed amateur rocket launches at the Dallas Area Rocket society launch at Frisco Texas. Since their rockets have reached 22,000' they must get FAA approval to launch their missiles.

The TWA 800 shootdown occurred at about 10,000 feet and the Soviet shoulder fired missiles have the range to accomplish the shoot down.

BTW when the autopsies were being comducted one of the forensic aides observed that the x-rays of the victims showed a great deal of shrapnel! the tech was fired by the FBI chief who was there to interfere with the NTSB crash investigators! I wonder why those xrays were classified!