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In lugnet.general, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.general, Richard Noeckel writes:
> > Interesting...
> >
> > But this is what really bothers me.
> > I can see the World Trade Center being taken-out, but not the Pentagon?!?
> >
> > Isn't there a -'no-fly-zone'- surrounding this area and the White House?
> > I mean, where are all the response jets.
> > (Not even an active counter measure was initiated at the time.)
> > Yes, I've heard that F-16 were dispatched later on, but aren't their units
> > designed for rapid response for any intrusion into this specialized
> > government area.
> > Not even a military Helicopter on a near by landing pad attempted to intercept.
> > Surely an Apache/Cobra (or whatever) could have sprung into action and used
> > its mini guns to disable the commercial jet?
>
> Nope--the Pentagon is on the approach corridor to Reagan
> airport. It's close enough, anyways, that there's too little
> time between deviation from the corridor to impact. The jet's
> moving about 300mph--it takes time to scramble a fighter/
> gunship.
>
> Also, consider the difficulty of making a call like that--
> shooting down an airliner with 70+ people on it?
There is a no fly zone direcly above the pentagon, "class B airspace" the
highest level of restricted air. the plane getting shot down would/ could
have saved a few lives, maybe not the passengers, but people on the ground.
Josh
>
> > It’s easy to engage an external threat to Washington.
> > (Missile or foreign attack squadron coming over seas.)
> > But I guess any local passenger jets pose a real problem…
>
> See above. They're allowed to fly there--it's not like it's
> a jet with foreign markings. It's also full of Americans,
> which makes shooting it down the last resort among last
> resorts.
>
> > Once everyone talks about Terrorism they think of foreign invaders.
> > BUT, what if these attackers were from an internal group.
> > Similar to the events of Oklahoma.
> > Just a lugubrious thought. :(
>
> This is what I said. I've already begun hearing reports from
> NYC of random violence against people believed to be "the enemy".
>
> best
>
> LFB
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