[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

I have always been exceedingly suspicious about that "accident" where a missile, said to be off-course, hit an El Al plane over Russia. Not long after Sept 11.

The Russians acknowledged that this missle was fired by Russain miltary forces during a training exersize. Not to belay your point that the islamics have and probably will use such weapons to strike commercial airliners (when they are ready). Personally, I think flight 800 was downed under similar circumstances -- US maneuvers off the coast of NY or a missle fired by a terrorist from the coast of Long Island.

[willyone]

US maneuvers? You are a goof. If you had any experience at all with missile ops you would know how impossible what you imply is. You need to get back to your buddies at DU.