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White House Emergency Evacuation? | by run.dll | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
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Everybody do the headless chicken dance... (n/t) | by evil_andy | 2005-05-11 09:31:12 |
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Quite. | by McNutcase | 2005-05-11 09:34:32 |
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who says the CO didn't order it? (n/t) | by cybergeek | 2005-05-11 09:39:03 |
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In which case HE'S in line for a CM. | by McNutcase | 2005-05-11 09:41:17 |
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Ummm... He fired FLARES | by DesertRat66 | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
| All I heard was "warning shots". |
by McNutcase |
2005-05-11 10:08:05 |
Flares, particularly parachute flares, I can agree with.
However, the USAF need some slower planes up there. Most, if not all, airspace violations are going to be slow, prop-driven jobs; an F-16 is plain too fast to intercept effectively... |
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They're phasing out the slow planes | by DesertRat66 | 2005-05-11 10:14:07 |
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And this shows why they shouldn't be. | by McNutcase | 2005-05-11 10:19:16 |
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Against that class of threat | by wheresthefish | 2005-05-11 10:22:36 |
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Take too long to scramble | by DesertRat66 | 2005-05-11 10:26:07 |
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one o' them VTLers, mebee? (n/t) | by cybergeek | 2005-05-11 10:27:14 |
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To slow again | by DesertRat66 | 2005-05-11 10:45:25 |
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Launch from the white house? | by McGowan | 2005-05-11 10:29:42 |
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Impractical | by DesertRat66 | 2005-05-11 10:32:37 |
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I guess when the alternative is easier, | by McGowan | 2005-05-11 10:35:31 |
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Let's just put anti-aircraft batteries and SAMs | by frizzgrig | 2005-05-11 10:44:17 |
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Actually, there are missiles on top of the... | by RetiQlum2 | 2005-05-11 10:45:46 |
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Yes, and there are snipers up there too (n/t) | by frizzgrig | 2005-05-11 10:46:40 |
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What we really need are some | by frizzgrig | 2005-05-11 10:47:09 |
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And... | by bitflipper | 2005-05-11 11:00:11 |
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They did scramble a Black Hawk helicopter. | by Esteis | 2005-05-11 10:50:26 |
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Lot of good that could have done | by DesertRat66 | 2005-05-11 11:19:39 |
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Compared to a Cessna? | by bitflipper | 2005-05-11 11:27:13 |
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An escort after the fact makes sense | by DesertRat66 | 2005-05-11 11:37:16 |
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30 mm will make plenty of vapor of a cesna. (n/t) | by joecrouse | 2005-05-11 13:08:58 |
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Remember "The Final Countdown" | by Havoc | 2005-05-11 11:32:51 |
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I mentioned that somewhere else here | by DesertRat66 | 2005-05-11 11:49:10 |
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Not much | by DesertRat66 | 2005-05-11 10:24:52 |
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A Cessna with 100 kg of C4 | by run.dll | 2005-05-11 10:45:22 |
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An AIM-64 would reduce a cessna | by Havoc | 2005-05-11 11:34:24 |
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an a10 can catch an airliner | by joecrouse | 2005-05-11 11:01:20 |
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Methinks you should check | by wheresthefish | 2005-05-11 11:14:52 |
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Exactly. | by bitflipper | 2005-05-11 11:34:32 |
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an a10s top speed is just a hair less than that. | by joecrouse | 2005-05-11 13:01:45 |
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757 vs A-10 | by DesertRat66 | 2005-05-11 11:47:00 |
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you only have to get close with that Gattling gun | by joecrouse | 2005-05-11 12:58:13 |
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Problem is | by DesertRat66 | 2005-05-11 12:59:20 |
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but not the bullets. | by joecrouse | 2005-05-11 13:06:05 |
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But they're retiring the A-10 | by DesertRat66 | 2005-05-11 13:29:55 |
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It does have some uses though, | by wheresthefish | 2005-05-11 10:14:11 |
