[Lower Deck]

The missile would have had a new sensor that locked on the largest overhead object. In this case instead of the target drone it found the airliner.

That's not what the story said.

[Pelham]

A poster named darth was mentioning an ASW missile with that new sensor awhile back. He says he knew that such a missile had been under development at the time, and then apparently the program went black before this incident. The particular missile builder he has in mind has its own sub so no Navy types may have been involved. Just a few black program techs and the project manager who made the unwise decision to test too close to airline traffic.