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To: michael97123 who wrote (111507)8/14/2003 3:49:58 PM
From: aladin  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
Mike,

I also read the missile reports on that one, but discount them based on technological considerations. Missiles small enough to be smuggled in and shoulder fired did not then and still do not have the range to reach the altitude required.

The current concern is for someone firing close enough to an airport to work within this class of missiles range.

John



To: michael97123 who wrote (111507)8/14/2003 4:47:30 PM
From: Ish  Respond to of 281500
 
<<I am also scared to death about terrorists using stinger like missiles to shoot down planes and i have been scared about that before 9/11. >>

I remember about a year ago a SAM was fired at an Israeli airliner taking off in Africa. Luckily the plane was equipped with an anti missile device and was missed.


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