I have posted before what I know.
At the time TWA 800 went down, I was an aerospace engineer. I had been briefed on almost every missile either in the inventory or planned when I worked on SDI.
Based on what I know, the missiles were OURS. They were launched out of a single canister in a torpedo tube from a submerged sub.
The project I was briefed on had added a first stage to a shoulder fired missile to achieve greater altitude. Very importantly, the missile had a new sensor that would ignore chaff, flares, etc. and would home on the largest solid object in the sky. I cannot divulge how this worked, obviously.
The program went black after I was briefed.
I doubt that Clinton or even the SecDef were aware of the test. I doubt that the sub captain even knew what the engineers sent out of his torpedo tube that day because he had no need to know.
I could not say anything at the time because I had an active clearance.
The bottom line is the the press obediently lied to the American people. The Russians and Chicoms knew immediately what we had just tested.
Several nations now have similar systems for subs to protect themselves from aircraft.
Questions?
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OH! You posted while I was composing mine — and big surprise after I did the post and then read what you said about the sub !
Yes, people knew — and yes, people didn’t talk.
Of course, some did, and some suffered for it.
GO TRUMP ?! Let’s hear all about it!
Wow. Not at the moment, but I’ll craft something tomorrow.
Thank you.
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Some war porn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPxM5y-t4FA&t=21s
Yes I have a few questions.
Why didn’t either of the two Los Angeles class attack subs I was on get those missiles? I was in the navy at the time when TWA 800 went down through the end of 2000. We didn’t have anything that could shoot down aircraft.
We did have Tomahawks and on one of those boats, we were selected to train for nuclear weapons, which may or may not have been onboard. That of course is not something I can discuss.
And no, that antiaircraft missile could not be that big of a secret the crew wouldn’t know about it. Particularly if they wanted it launched. The crew would have to be trained.
Second question: How does a submerged submarine track an aircraft? Just launch the missile and don’t worry about what it acquires once it breaches the surface? Or via satellite/radio comms at periscope depth from another vessel? (If so, the conspiracy just got a bit bigger.)
Third question: How do you keep the crew quiet? There are no secrets on a submarine. There is no way in hell you could keep enlisted crew members quiet. And there is no way a small group of loyal officers could do this on their own.
Everyone on the boat knows when a torpedo is launched. It shudders. Plus there is no way to hide the fact that a missile canister suddenly went missing. Enlisted personnel handle the weapons, sonar, fire control, navigation, etc. Can’t send them all back to their racks. Simply no way to keep this a secret.
They’d all know where they were and what time the missile was launched. Once they realized TWA 800 went down, they would put it all together, and there’s no way in hell the navy would be able to keep the enlisted crew quiet.
For the record, I don’t buy the official story. Neither did my father who was an aircraft maintenance manager at JFK at the time. His specialty was 747s and 767s. He worked as a mechanic on the 747-100 when they first launched, made his way up as a supervisor then manager and spent a good deal of time at Boeing studying the 747. He did not believe the official explanation of TWA 800.
One. How does a submerged submarine know what it's shooting at?
I have one question.
Why are you hiding in anonymity if you know this for a fact?
“I could not say anything at the time because I had an active clearance.”
If you ever had an active clearance then you would know you still can’t say anything, even after you go inactive.
I like this theory, but why would anyone test in such busy air space?
Was there someone on that plane Clinton didn’t like?
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