[ RadSafe ] Re: Government Report Warns of Security Holes in Aviation Chartered Planes, Helicopters Seen as Possible Targets

John Jacobus crispy_bird at yahoo.com
Mon Mar 14 18:20:14 CET 2005


Rather than protecting the targets, we need to look at
the means used to attack them.  We have spent a lot to
ensure the safety of commercial aircraft, but how much
more secure are they?   How much has been spent on
commercial aircraft, etc?  What are we getting for our
investments?

--- Sandy Perle <sandyfl at earthlink.net> wrote:
> On 14 Mar 2005 at 9:04, John Jacobus wrote:
> 
> > Are we supposed to be impressed?  This scenario
> was
> > proposed after the attack on the World Trade
> Center
> > towers.
> 
> If one wants to believe our intelligence, then one
> must take the 
> various targets and methods of defending those
> targets into account. 
> If there is intelligence that helicopters, or other
> "soft type 
> aircraft" can be used to cause serious illness or
> death to a large 
> population, then we must have plans. If those plans
> call for 
> eliminating the potential threat, then so be it.
> 
> I'm now moving on from this thread. I'm convinced
> all parties have 
> had ample time to provide their opinions.
> 
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> 

+++++++++++++++++++
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy
enough people to make it worth the effort." Herm Albright

-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com


		
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