On Thu, 05 May 2005 15:04:06 +0000, NOYB wrote:


"thunder" wrote in message
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On Wed, 04 May 2005 21:45:27 +0000, NOYB wrote:


As to which incident? Oklahoma City or Flight 800? I'll admit that
with Oklahoma City there are some unanswered questions, but no where
have I read anything that credibly suggested Flight 800 was a
terrorist act.

http://twa800.com/pages/alhayat.htm

They cite articles by Reuters, NY Times, London Times, etc.

As I said, I think there are still unanswered questions about Oklahoma
City, but as to Flight 800 that site is thin, real thin. Flight 800 was
flying at 13,700 feet when it exploded. While there are stingers that
can reach that ceiling, I believe the stingers available to potential
terrorists (Afghanistan) would have been at or over their limit.


Assuming that it was a Stinger built in the mid 80's and supplied to
Afghan rebels to fight the Soviets, it was most likely the FIM-92B, with a
range 15,600 feet. That means TWA 800 was within range of the shoulder
fired missile that al Qaeda was most likely to have in their arsenal.

http://www.janes.com/defence/air_for...1013_2_n.shtml

Not so fast, look at the maximum *altitude* from that site.