The theory that it was a sniper lingered for almost 10 months. Investigations into the catastrophic unscheduled disassembly were looking into internal failures

The theory that it was a sniper lingered for almost 10 months. Investigations into the catastrophic unscheduled disassembly were looking into internal failures as early as 1 week after the incident. The 50cal used to shoot the tank was indeed fun and cool, everyone gathered around to watch the explosion. After 10 months of investigation and destructive testing, the source of the explosion was discovered. The trial and error necessary to find the cause led to an incredbly McGuyvered testing process/device. Eventually this led to Space-X developing and building a new in-company supply chain for 1 specific part of the rocket that had been previously outsourced. To my knowledge Gen 2 and Gen 3 of this part have never failed but I haven't been looking that closely till Starship trials started.