-=> Quoting Paul Nixon to Steve Gunhouse on 03 Aug 96  07:01 <=-
 Re: Terror 
 SG> No, I can't conceive of that. Why would they have "defensive" missiles
 SG> pointed towards the mainland USA. If the airline strayed off its
 SG> flight  path, I think they would have said something. And so forth.
 PN> Uh, you can't conceive of that?  Pardon my misanthropy, but I sure
 PN> can. Did we not in fact do that very thing in the Gulf to an Iranian
 PN> airliner?
 PN> We do in fact have defensive missiles.  I haven't gone up to the
 PN> nearest FBO to pick up the appropriate sectional, but Mohan did, and
 PN> the information related to the MOA clearly states that flight
 PN> operations within it are hazardous.
Of course we have defenses, I didn't say otherwise. But pointed *towards*
the mainland?
And Mohan never said they were actually within the MOA (whatever that 
is), just that they were about a mile outside it. If they include a 
reasonable safety margin in defining this region, that means the flight 
was well out of any danger that may present.
 
 SG> No, I can't see any way that it would be accidental involving a
 SG> missile  and they wouldn't tell us. I can see that some terrorists
 SG> might have used  a missile (not a Stinger, but some other kind), and
 SG> they're still looking  into that possibility.
 PN> You do have more trust in our government and its minions than I .
Not exactly. Based on prior examples, I have less belief in their ability 
to conceal things. 
Steve
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