hack89
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Tue Jun-28-05 07:22 PM
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31. Why do you assume the air space was highly defended? |
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From a military perspective, prior to 9/11, what could have threatened Washington DC short of ICBMs?
Secondly, the airspace over the Pentagon can't be heavily defended seeing how it is right next to the landing pattern of a major urban airport with hundreds of aircraft flying within hundreds of yards of the building every day. The potential for a mistake killing hundreds of civilians was way too high to ever contemplate aggressively defending the Pentagon from unidentified aircraft.
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