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To: TimF who wrote (129993)	12/20/2000 7:17:54 PM
From: pgerassi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570483

Dear Tim: Did we intend to hit that embassy? It was a human error in not updating US maps of Iraqi holdings and up the chain of command. Britian sometimes tests the missiles in their submarines, why wouldn't it be possible for someone entering targeting information on a test missile to some test range transposing one number and end up targeting a US city. This has happened before with skilled airline pilots entering data into their jet's navigation systems. Although a nuclear detonation in such a case is unlikely, the missile warhead itself can cause major damage as the kinetic energy alone would equal to a many tons of TNT bomb, and if the warhead burst apart after impact, the plutonium spread would render the area unusable for hundreds of years. It could just as easily been the French Embassy. Pete