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"Navy SAM shooter"

I never said it was a a Navy shot. It could have been, and, no, the only SAM shooter wasn't 200 miles away, but, I do believe, only 35 miles away.

Question for you: What was the purpose of the Navy operation being conducted that evening?

118 posted on 05/17/2003 9:21:51 PM PDT by PatrioticAmerican (If the 2nd is for hunting, is the 1st only for writing about hunting?)

To: PatrioticAmerican

I never said it was a a Navy shot. It could have been, and, no, the only SAM shooter wasn't 200 miles away, but, I do believe, only 35 miles away.

Wrong. Nearest US Navy surface combatant was the USS Normandy, 200 miles away.

Question for you: What was the purpose of the Navy operation being conducted that evening?

Good question. W-105 and W-106 were active, which are AVIATION warning areas only, not NAUTICAL warning areas.

Supposedly, this was a low-altitude CEC engagement gone sour, but the story doesn't add up if you know anything about how SM-2 actually works. Normandy would have been well over the horizon from TWA 800, so they would've needed another networked sensor to "see" the intended target.

120 posted on 05/17/2003 9:27:47 PM PDT by Poohbah (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)

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