“This kind of short-sightedness ALWAYS gets us in to trouble. If we had not down-sized air defense as part of the “peace dividend” at the close of the Cold War, 9-11 might not have been so tragically effective.”
That may be true, but NORAD was designed and equipped to “look out” to aquire, track, and intercept threats from the outside.
“That may be true, but NORAD was designed and equipped to “look out” to aquire, track, and intercept threats from the outside.”
Also true! The sheer confusion that occurred that day was, quite probably, almost impossible to overcome. But more units, closer units, MIGHT have made a huge difference. As things stood, we had almost NO chance at all. But, yes, it took too long to overcome the “looking out” mentality.