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Surface To Air Missiles

Robert Siegel talks to Christopher Floss, editor of Jane's Land Based Air-Defense - a book on military weapons. Floss talks about speculation that a surface to air missiles was responsible for the downing of TWA flight 800. He says that although it would be very difficult for soemone to obtain a surface to air missile, and its use requires very special training-- it is possible.

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