what is the range on those things?
most of these airbus have a 4000 to 7,500 nautical mile range as I recall.
With some modest modifications of auxiliary tanks they can probably equal the range of any aircraft out there.
The world is a very unsafe place.
Range: Probably enough to hit Algeria, Tunisia, Cairo, Tel Aviv, Riyadh, Sana (Yemen), Dubai, UAE, Rome/Vatican/Italy, Greece, France, Spain (in revenge for the loss of Andalusia, and maybe Switzerland. Perhaps all the way to Germany and northern France, depending on fuel supply and empty flying weight.
The good think is that this large planes are relatively slow compared to supersonic planes, and present a good radar profile. However, if they fly low, they might escape detection (i.e. the disappearance of the first Malaysian plane).
I’m going to speculate but I suspect that Israel and Egypt, maybe even Kenya, are working together to throw up a regional radar-detection-net in case these planes come their way. The same for southern Europe countries, and even the Saudis/Israel/UAE (covertly).
Where is the USS Vincences now that we need it?