To: BlackVeil
Manpads can’t reach an airplane at 35,000. Or are you referring to the center fuel tank explosion, story?
114 posted on
03/08/2014 6:08:28 AM PST by
PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
To: PhiloBedo
A MANPAD can't reach 35,000 feet. But the Russian 3M33 (SA-8 Gecko) surface-to-air missile can--and many 3K33 launch vehicles were sold to the Middle East during the 1970's and 1980's. It's possible that terrorists may have jury-rigged a launch system, including guidance radar, for the 3M33 missile so it could operate from a relatively small boat.
117 posted on
03/08/2014 6:30:53 AM PST by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: PhiloBedo
Sounds like a Center Fuel Tank problem to me...
130 posted on
03/08/2014 8:03:17 AM PST by
Haiku Guy
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