Consider also that on the night when TWA 800 fell, a Navy P3, flying out of Brunswick, Maine, had crossed the plane's path fifteen seconds before TWA 800 lost its transponder, voice recorder, and data recorder. Though it had a safe flight, the P3 reported on its return that it lost the use of various pieces of electrical equipment during the flight. Perhaps the route is a clue. Any plane on its way from JFK to northern Europe must thread its way through a maze of military warning zones. The boundaries of each zone are marked on aviation maps.
Electromagnetic weaponry is by no means the only possibility, far from it.
My best guess is that, if anything, Scarry's revelations seem to suggest otherwise. Something more like case of the computer and the mowing machine seems to be what we are looking at here. A more paranoid mind might suggest it was an act of foul play timed to look like one. I don't think so. But I'm guessing, and so are most of the pundits out there.