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To: Chainmail

The range of an ICBM should negate any disadvantage the 747 has; How many countries can target/track a 747 launching missiles 5,000 miles away?


8 posted on 08/05/2016 5:00:50 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki
You miss the point: using 747s or any other civilian airliner accepts the risk of a non-combat accident in which multiple nuclear warheads are scattered all over the countryside forming a 25,000 year toxic radiation hazard. Aren't you familiar with the deadly consequences of scattering Plutonium or Uranium-234?

Meanwhile, all 747s become legitimate military targets.

Dumb.

10 posted on 08/05/2016 5:28:20 AM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki
The range of an ICBM should negate any disadvantage the 747 has; How many countries can target/track a 747 launching missiles 5,000 miles away?

Presumably every country since air traffic over the United States isn't exactly a closely guarded secret. These plans can't turn off their transponders or we run a risk of collisions with normal civilian aircraft.

11 posted on 08/05/2016 6:43:39 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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