[Humbug]

"There is absolutely no enemy air threat, and you suddenly pop and shoot down an RAF plane," he said.

To me that was a rather poor example since there have been scud missiles launched and that's what the Patriot mistook the RAF plane for apparently. Anyway had nothing to do with whether Iraqi planes were flying or not.

[HarryKnutszacke]

Exactly.

I think perhaps McPeak is a democrat, like McCaffrey and Wesley Clark.

[USNBandit]

A Tornado going .95IMN at a constant altitude, most likely in the high 20's, doesn't look anything like a ballistic missile traveling at supersonic speeds coming down out of an extremely high altitude.