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To: gaijin
Non-minaturized nukes are heavy, and a re-painted civvy a/c like the 777 will make a perfect delivery platform at 3,000 feet on a clear day at 10:00 am over a major city,

Why not just buy a used commercial aircraft on the open market?

25 posted on 03/14/2014 5:34:02 PM PDT by fso301
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To: fso301
Why not just buy a used commercial aircraft on the open market?

Because they do not have $280 million for a 777, but did somehow get a nuke.

27 posted on 03/14/2014 5:40:59 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: fso301
Why not just buy a used commercial aircraft on the open market?

Because all this costs is a few plane tickets and flight training? Kind of like the 9/11 hijackings? Think shoestring budget.

30 posted on 03/14/2014 5:44:13 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: fso301
Why not just buy a used commercial aircraft on the open market?

In this listing, the cheapest price for a used 737 is $750K. I have no idea if these prices are for planes in flyable condition, but the odds are some maintenance work would be necessary, which should bring the fly away price well over $1m. Compared to that, two plane tickets are peanuts. I've left out the flight training as an incremental expense, because they need that regardless of how they acquire the plane.

35 posted on 03/14/2014 5:51:45 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: fso301

Why do criminals use stolen cars in the commission of crimes. Why don’t they use their own or a friend’s car?


55 posted on 03/14/2014 6:41:41 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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