"The FAA move is the latest in a stepped-up effort to protect "commercial derivative" aircraft from missile attacks. Commercial derivative aircraft are essentially commercial airliners the government has modified for official use. The twin presidential Air Force One aircraft, which have missile defenses installed, are modified Boeing 747s."
1 posted on
10/15/2006 5:41:31 PM PDT by
KeyLargo
To: Tijeras_Slim; FireTrack; Pukin Dog; citabria; B Knotts; kilowhskey; cyphergirl; Wright is right!; ..
2 posted on
10/15/2006 5:43:27 PM PDT by
KeyLargo
To: KeyLargo
Pretty..........
5 posted on
10/15/2006 5:48:36 PM PDT by
edpc
(Violence is ALWAYS a solution. Maybe not the right one....but a solution nonetheless)
To: KeyLargo
...and all the while our right to keep and bear arms is ignored and criminalized. We've got our democracy, but, as Franklin alluded, can we keep it?
6 posted on
10/15/2006 5:48:43 PM PDT by
gorush
(Exterminate the Moops!)
To: KeyLargo
Oh sure, the FAA boys are 'protecting' their important little backsides using OUR tax dollars. Now that's what I call a good use of tax money. What self respecting terrorist is going to target the FAA anyway?
(sarcasm alert)
7 posted on
10/15/2006 5:51:20 PM PDT by
whipitgood
(Public schools have replaced a biblical moral code with pragmatism. Civilization, beware!)
To: Paleo Conservative
To: KeyLargo
I wonder if al-Qaeda and the south American gangs have maybe smuggled MANPADS in to the US so they can shoot down commercial airliners. Nah! Not with the border security we have. /sarcasm off
11 posted on
10/15/2006 5:58:36 PM PDT by
isthisnickcool
(Sliding butt stock, carry handle, gas operated. Named after a horse. What am I?)
To: KeyLargo
Not flares,
DIRCM
Flares tend to ignite things on the ground.
24 posted on
10/15/2006 7:14:40 PM PDT by
GretchenM
(What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
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