To: HitmanNY
Granted, a carrier could easily shoot one down - obviously. I wonder if they'd do that? Probably.
23 posted on
03/29/2004 8:05:26 PM PST by
AntiGuv
(When the countdown hits zero, something's gonna happen..)
To: AntiGuv
Yea. My guess would be 'yes' they would shoot it down. Scary!
36 posted on
03/29/2004 8:08:30 PM PST by
HitmanLV
(I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.)
To: AntiGuv
Granted, a carrier could easily shoot one down - obviously. I wonder if they'd do that? Probably.
Considering that
1) A carrier normally does not operate near any commercial air traffic lanes.
2) The Hornets would be on any intruders within 200 NM like stink on you know what.
3) The cruiser/destroyer screen would not let a target within 50 NM of the carrier.
The odds of the CARRIER shooting down a airliner is close to nill.
The airliner would be down well before the carriers last ditch defences would kick in.
Jack
203 posted on
03/29/2004 9:28:00 PM PST by
btcusn
(Giving up the right to arms is a mistake a free people get to make only once.)
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