Interesting conjecture, but arguing of the mechanics of what bought the 747 down isn't addressing the point as there's considerable witness and documentary evidence that supports the missile hypothesis, most of which has been ignored or manipulated by the NTSB e.g. - evidence tampering, false and misleading presumptions based on the requirement to support the official explanation of the story - that the 747 center fuel tank ignited fuel vapour with an inert wiring system that served as an ignition source: that explanation is a load of bolloxs.
Building a causal theory based around what you want to have happened automatically excludes any evidence that is non supportive (or as Einstein was fond of saying 'If the facts don't fit the theory, that's too bad for the facts') for example the wreckage fragmentation and spread pattern of the debris supports an external ignition source and/or impact..missile, meteor, donut or whatever
The question is: 'What was it about this accident that the US was determined to prevent from being acknowledged?'
- Here's a theory - that the entire eastern seaboard was (and is) susceptible to ground shoulder launched SAM's remotely launched from any location, and that the US does not have an effective response to this, can't afford it and can't police it just to prove there airways are risk free and that the threat was understood before the event and is still an existing threat.
As with all theories you have to determine the consequences, in this case it's easy as the knock on effects of this admission as phenomenal:
- Paralyzingly the eastern approaches airways until it can be proved there is no non acceptable risks
- Determining acceptable civil aviation counter measures
- Carriers insurance ect, ect.
When you have no faith in the aviation investigation authorities ability to remain non partisan, you have to challenge the assumptions presented as fact. You can't discount 400 credible eye witness accounts about a trace moving from sea level towards the 747 followed by an explosion without being laughed out of the room. And if that official explanation is bolloxs, then what are ones are as well?