Quote: (03-15-2014 02:29 AM)speakeasy Wrote:
What if the plane is landed in Pakistan and is going to be used in another 9/11 style attack somewhere? A fully fueled 777 depending on model can fly over 20 hours non-stop. Which means the plane could be used to attack almost anywhere. Shit, what if they put a suitcase nuke in it bought from the Russian Mafia and then explode it over NYC. By the time the plane was in NYC airspace it would be too late. With the transponder off nobody would even know it's coming. I hope our government is considering this possibility, even if it is far-out. 9/11 would've sounded just as far-our before it happened.
An unknown aircraft entering US airspace would get shot down before it got anywhere near NY. They would see it on the military radar transponder or no transponder.