Thread: Stolen plane
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Old 04-08-2009, 04:47 PM   #21
classicman
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Originally Posted by glatt View Post
If our response times are so secret, then why did a spokesman for Homeland Security give the story to the press? You would think that they would keep it quiet.

Edit: I can understand the Sheriffs office in bumfuck nowhere spilling some information, but why did NORAD and Homeland Security give away such secret info? Maybe it's not that secret?
I recognize that this instance appears to be nothing more than one guy doing what he did. But there are or could be farther reaching ramifications to it. You brought up "secret" not I. Don't know where you are headed with that.

Do you personally know what our reaction time is? I certainly don't, but you don't need to worry about me flying a plane into anything.

Either way it is valuable real life experience & data for anyone who might be considering using planes as weapons.
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