SEALs, SAS, Delta Force and Force Recon deal with this every day.
“The one thing she didn’t have as she roared into the crystalline sky was live ammunition. Or missiles. Or anything at all to throw at a hostile aircraft.”
Good Lord. Talk about a toothless defense. No ammo, missles or any offensive weapons. What’s the point of even having military aircraft, or even the National Guard if they can’t defend us or themselves. We are truly a paper-tiger.
Well, would appear that since every hostile nation or terrorist orgination knows that our guns are not loaded, they might as well just attack us at their convenience. Until then, Homeland Security and TSA will continue to shake-down old women and toddlers at the airport in a half-ass effort to protect us. Meanwhile the bad-guys are being given free-reign to prepare and perpatrate horrors upon us breeders.
This is absolutely insane. But I guess it’s OK as long as our duly, democratic elected leaders have bomb shelters in which to hide until the hostilities are over. We are truly screwed.
But they have weapons and ammunition........
The pilot in this story was asked to ram an airliner and that's what she headed off to do.
She passed the test just as much as if she walked by an apartment on fire, stepped in and pulled everybody out to safety, or hauled a fire hose up the stairs of a WTC tower.
That day we saw heroism on an immense scale ~ beyond the call ~ way beyond.
Could she not EJECT just before impact??
WTF has happened to this great country.
We have fighter jets fueled to defend this country and not armed. Brilliant what a Frilling bad idea.
Kinda Reminds me of the Spit ball comment Zell Miller told at the Republican convention.