[hchutch]

You mean Bob Bevelacqua?

The SA-7's range is only 200 feet lower than the altitude. Could the missile have self-destructed after firing, and put a fragment into the fuel tank? A plane loaded with gas is pretty easy to take out. Reference Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu on June 4, 1942.

[CELTICGAEL (Celt)]

I think that is his name. He is the ex-Special Forces guy that Fox has on alot.

[Poohbah]

The SA-7's range is only 200 feet lower than the altitude. Could the missile have self-destructed after firing, and put a fragment into the fuel tank?

Remember, that range is a proving-ground figure, not real-world.

[RayChuang88]

Could the missile have self-destructed after firing, and put a fragment into the fuel tank?

But that would imply the missile's warhead actually detonated. Problem: no such blast fragmentation pattern was found from the wreckage. I believe that most MANPAD's use contact fuzes, not proximity fuses.