Posted on 05/13/2005 12:25:41 AM PDT by andie74
Shoot Already!!!!!
Shoot and set an example, maybe they could aim for a tire ;)
I'm sorry, but they should have shot it down. 3 miles is nothing. If this had been a terrorist attack, we'd be trying to figure out who was 23rd in line to succeed the late President Bush.
I tend to agree. Anyone know if we have the pilot in custody?
who the hell was flyin that plane....snoopy ?
The Airforce Pilot was interviewed on (i think it was Fox) and said he was two switch throws away from splashing the clown.
The big problem is nothing the Airforce flys on those missions can fly that slow, so they would have had to make a turn and come back on the cessna. That takes time.
The Cuban airforce used a tactic against international rescue flights, of flying under, popping up in front and punching the afterburners. Usually puts the Cessna inverted in point zero two seconds. They should have done that 10 miles out.
Hi, Do you mean by "inverted" as in upside down, or pointing straight down nose down to the ground?
Couldn't a good pilot give the intruder a "bump"?
You creep up behind it, then blast the afterburn on top of it. They used it once, I forget where, to force down a plane.
Inverted as up side down, but cause the thrust is usually asymetric (hits one wing more than the other) and flips the plane so fast the pilot has no idea what is happening.
Ok thanks for the explanation, it makes sense now. :)
Poor attempt at damage control - like Ridge's interview this morning on the subject.
Agreed. Something smells funny here. Like...where is this pilot?
And something else that I thought of today. Could the Cessna have been a diversion to something else that was being planned on the ground?
Lets see, you're behind the target, your afterburners shoot out the rear, so HOW do you think this works?
Bump is another option, (put your wing tip under theirs and flip it up hard. But the speed differential is too great, the airforce jets can't fly slow enough.
White House press secretary Scott McClellan said that a review of how the situation was handled was being conducted. But he said Bush was not upset that he was not filled in.
"The president has a great amount of trust in his security detail," McClellan said. "If there are any improvements that need to be made, they will be made."
I do like the article. I think you should post it for other readers here at FR.
"Shoot Already!!!!! "
I have to agree , we look weak, dithering and indecisive
at times like this . Our real enemies may try to take advantage of this obvious weakness.
There should be no chinks in the armor when it comes to maximum protections of our leadership and the nation's Capitol
you know , what I don't get is why do 'they' think all the people in the Capitol's buildings are safer , or better off,
running scared out in the open , in the streets?
Seems to me like it makes everyone sitting ducks !
Better to start to create (if they haven't already) making
a variety of hardened spots and bunkers in DC . If Saddam could do it , why can't or why shouldn't we? I think it's essential. Our enemies must be laughing at all the scared Americans scrambling chaotically through the streets at even the most minor threats. (that turn out to be minor)
Think of what they must think when they read this story:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3179972
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