Originally Posted by LuvAirFrance

Loops misses a poiint is trying to construct an analogy. There is far more access to targets from the air than there is from a landbound vehicle. Now they could arm sensitive sites with antiaircraft to blast planes out of the air that fail to divert, but how popular would that be?

I think it comes down to a simple question. Will we take steps to secure potential targets or not? I've seen some people who've never met a security measure they like. The government will never satisfy them unless it ceases and desists from every activity to make things secure. To them, nuclear power plants are fine as they are, no one could possible want to explode one. Sports crowds? Totally safe. Shopping malls? Impregnable.

The international terror networks must just love all such people. The "clueless infidel".