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The mighty 150 has a gross weight of 1,500 to 1,600 lbs, or about half the weight of a compact car. Even a 172 is lighter gross than the empty weight of my 1965 mustang (~2,500), which is pretty light by new-car standards. I think a typical Camry or similar vehicle is about 3,800 lb. You just can't do a lot of damage with 2,000 lbs unless it's all explosives... I know a little about blowing things up, and served for 25 years alongside the guys with the equivalent of a PhD in blowing things up, the 12BS and 18C demo men of the Army Special Forces. If we can't figure out how to destroy a big, strong building with a Cessna 150, and we can't, it's a pretty safe bet that Osama or whoever can't do it either: he puts on his baggy pants one leg at a time.

...and if the Cessna is carrying a fresh nuclear weapon from North Korea (or soon Iran)...

What a stupid way to deliver that nuke! Could not fit lead shielding in the Cessna nor air scrubbers. Can do so in an SUV -- ANS in an SUV you already have thens of thousands of them in the Beltway. Use some simple logic. Stop the panic, already.

and if the Cessna is carrying a fresh nuclear weapon from North Korea (or soon Iran)...

Actually one at the state of development of both nations would be too heavy for this aircraft.