Perhaps...
I have a copy of the radar tape when TWA 800 was destroyed. I am one of those "kooks" you seem to fear. Or, perhaps, I was just someone that paid attention to the factual information and did not care where it would lead.
As I said in a previous post on this thread: It does not matter how TWA 800 was destroyed.
This technology will prevent fuel tank explosions, no matter what the source. Even an aircraft hit by a missile would not have it's fuel tank explode.
In today's post 9-11 age, the ability of a terrorist to target an aircraft with a SAM is a very real possibility.
This technology may give the pilots a fighting chance of landing safely.