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What would we do now, given the information we had at the time and the information we now have, about protecting our airspace from a highjacked or otherwise unfriendly passenger or private
non-military aircraft.
Has enough time passed that this can be discussed?
I think the ramifications of our military firing on and downing a passenger plane would undoubtedly be HUGE, no matter the justification.
I have a friend who is a pilot. Flying around in the desert, he must have crossed into restricted airspace, I think it might have been around Fort Bragg, (maybe?) anyway, he told me a similar story, like BNB video, except it was a helicopter that had greeted him with the gun door open.
When a military aircraft displays a show of force like that, doubtful many people would do otherwise than pay very close attention to the instructions they are given, but what can really happen? Fire on a civilian aircraft?
Could we really do such a thing?
What if the intentions are sinister, what would we accept if our military downed a domestic or international commercial airliner off our coast or over our land if it were deemed as a threat?
non-military aircraft.
Has enough time passed that this can be discussed?
I think the ramifications of our military firing on and downing a passenger plane would undoubtedly be HUGE, no matter the justification.
I have a friend who is a pilot. Flying around in the desert, he must have crossed into restricted airspace, I think it might have been around Fort Bragg, (maybe?) anyway, he told me a similar story, like BNB video, except it was a helicopter that had greeted him with the gun door open.
When a military aircraft displays a show of force like that, doubtful many people would do otherwise than pay very close attention to the instructions they are given, but what can really happen? Fire on a civilian aircraft?
Could we really do such a thing?
What if the intentions are sinister, what would we accept if our military downed a domestic or international commercial airliner off our coast or over our land if it were deemed as a threat?