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Things you never want to see in D.C.
The F-16 that suddenly appears off our left wing is obvious. It wags its wings as it goes by, and its engine, in afterburner, shakes the sky like an aerial earthquake. An identical airplane that trails a few miles behind and slightly above us, however, isn’t visible to us at all. It’s there to intervene if we take some sort of hostile or evasive action. (www.aopa.org) 更多...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Do any of you remember the teenager who flew a small plane from what was West Germany into Russian airspace undetected until the last few miles? I think it was in the late 1960's or early 1970's. He embarassed the Soviets who failed to detect him.
Granted it was 18 years ago and before the 9/11 attacks, but a plane has crashed next to the White House:
http://tech.mit.edu/V114/N40/crash.40w.html
http://tech.mit.edu/V114/N40/crash.40w.html
Which way did he go?
Watch Dog seems a litle slow, here's a tip for him. The size and speed of the aircraft is not the point. Think what can be carried in a small aircraft then maybe you will see more value in the exercise. A few sticks of TNT do not take up a lot of room, the aircraft is merely the delivery van.
How about the dreaded suitcase nuke many of which once in former Soviet hands are unaccounted for that could level multiple trade center structures like those on 911 to say nothing of the radiation contamination. They could easily be accomodated in a small SE airplane. The small airplane is probably more likely to be used in a future terrorist scenario than the big iron only because it is so inherently stealthy. You can be sure too that such a scenario will involve low flying thus delaying detection until in close by skin paint only. Sparkling lights mean nothing to a terrorist. By then it could be too late for any type of intercept. This entire exercise was staged. I would hope that exercises with simulated aggressor penetrations are being conducted to see if the would be terrorist could succeed in making it to a target of opportunity. For National Security purposes, the results of those exercises should never see the light of day.
The article also fails to mention that these exercises are also run agaisnt commercial jet aircraft for what should be a fairly obvious threat profile.
The comments that denigrate this kind of security exercise demonstrate an incredible lack of memory and awareness of the potential threat.