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Re:Citing new evidence, families sue feds, Raytheon, Lockhee... by hyperbovine on Sunday September 25, 2022 @12:28PM (#32972968)
> Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

This is what seals it for me. Sadly, so much time has elapsed, and the world has turned to such shit, that we have multiple other incidents to compare to. Not just MH17, but also PS752, and many others that did not receive as much attention (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airliner_shootdown_inc...). TWA800 looks nothing like these.

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Re:Citing new evidence, families sue feds, Raytheon, Lockhee... by sudosysgen on Sunday September 25, 2022 @01:38PM (#32973808)
Test missiles often have dummy or instrumented warheads. You would not expect it to look anything like.

And while normal warheads typically try to narrowly miss to maximize fragmentation, the SM-2 is quite unique in that it is specifically designed with a contact fuze as fragmentation doesn't work very well for many of its intended targets.

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Re:Citing new evidence, families sue feds, Raytheon, Lockhee... by hyperbovine on Monday September 26, 2022 @01:51AM (#32979848)
Occam’s razor, alas.
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