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Article #2471Re: Off topic? Planes (My quiet street)
From: Carey Gregory
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 23:38
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 23:38
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"Peter Duniho" <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> wrote: >Considered by whom? A Cessna 150 wouldn't be dangerous enough to justify >shooting down, even if it was at maximum dive speed three inches from its >target. A Cessna 150 can carry about 400-500 pounds of payload. Since that's the _safe_ weight it can carry, and terrorists sure as hell don't give a damn about safety, figure it could be loaded with 400 lbs of explosives plus the pilot and minimal fuel. 400 lbs of the right explosives will easily take out the White House, a good chunk of the capital building, or kill one hell of a lot of people in a stadium. And, of course, a small nuke could vaporize several blocks and you wouldn't even have to crash into the target, just get close to it. So, your statement is true only if you assume the bad guys are too stupid to think of things like this, and I think it's safe to say they've already proven that to be a bad assumption. Therefore, worrying about small aircraft isn't so unreasonable after all.
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