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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 7:26 pm
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Originally Posted by sbrower
Well under control? If a "hostile" 747 was flying over Manhattan, what do you think that 10 F16's could do about it that was any less likely to cause injury/damage than intentionally ramming a building? Do you think putting a missle into the 747 would make it disappear in a puff of harmless smoke?
So, you'd assume if you saw a set of F16s escorting a 747 over Manhattan that they had only caught up with it over Manhattan? And that they were trying to talk it down or something?
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