I’ve been wondering why they have not been bringing down airliners since 911. I mean, it may be a suicide mission to shoot one off as a plane takes off from some airfield, but isn’t suicide killings their favorite weapon?
I’m amazed at how this stuff is not being used in places less secure than the US but popular for US travel.
Or is the NSA just that good? :-\
It’s just not that effective of a strategy. They tried it a few times in the 70s, but most of the time, they got caught before they had a chance to fire, or they couldn’t hit the target. In one case, Carlos the Jackal fired an RPG at an El Al jet, but ended up hitting a Yugoslavian plane instead, which surely pissed off his communist paymasters.