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To: nickcarraway

What a shock. How long before drones will be used to firebomb or drop assorted small explosives on the homes or buildings of enemies?

The only limit will be the imaginations of millions.


8 posted on 07/21/2015 2:27:45 PM PDT by Will88
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To: Will88

“The only limit will be the imaginations of millions.”

You can sit anywhere you can see a runway and fly a model airplane into a jet taking off. After a while you’ll get good enough to get it into the suction stream of an engine. That would kill an engine. Now, add a bit of explosive.

Nobody wants to even think about things like this because they can’t be easily or cheaply defended against. It’s like using airplanes as guided bombs. Authorities knew this was on terrorist’s minds ten years before 911 because they almost did it to the Eiffel tower. The plot was stopped by an alert Arabic speaking passenger who overheard and alerted the crew to the plan.

No action was taken simply because normalcy bias made the expense of guarding against it unacceptable. Until, it had already happened. Then we ended up with TSA; a race horse designed by a committee.


26 posted on 07/21/2015 2:45:19 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Will88

Homicide bummers will no longer need to apply.


39 posted on 07/21/2015 3:17:46 PM PDT by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
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