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Why not simply a Cessna 182 with GPS-slaved autopilot set to fly to downtown Chicago at an altitude of, say, 1000 feet MSL, so it hits something and spills its cargo? The drone thing is silly anyway, when you realize that they found 20 human drones willing to fly into buildings. Besides, this article reflects sheer stupidity about the function of air traffic control. Ok, so the plane shows up on radar squawking VFR at low altitude. Even if it penetrates Bravo airspace around big cities -- not necessarily going to happen -- what do they think happens next? A squadron of F-15s tears towards Chicago after a Cessna? Not hardly. Never make it in time anyway.

If WMDs get into this country, they can be used in a million ways. This one seems rather unlike Islamic terrorists to use. Why trust a drone, when you can dump it off the balcony at a basketball game or movie? The biggest plane threat continues to be airlines with fanatic pilots. Saudia Arabia Air, EgyptAir and the rest still fly here. Nope. WMDs are too easy to spread without aircraft.

This is meant to scare people into supporting the war. If that's what it takes, fine.

Even easier - those radio controlled hobbyist planes. Add a single soda can sized container with soda straw sized dispenser, fill with ricin or anthrax, duct tape to fuselage, take off from a parking lot by a beach and fly a single run down the beach at about 50 feet spraying away.

Result - couple thousand infected or afflicted people. Cost - nada. After the one run, they fly the plane out over the lake (if the Great Lakes) or the ocean, jump in the car and drive away. How long did it take to catch the DC sniper? Anyone doing this will probably be able to do it successfully and get away with it to boot. They could do this in a couple dozen cities simultaneously and fade into the woodwork. As soon as they drive away they are gone (dump the radio controller in the parking lot.) If they get pulled over - they are clean. Cops let them go. How many white vans pulled over in DC?