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Old Aug 1, 2014 | 5:07 am
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Originally Posted by emrdoc
There is no way in hell the US government would order the military to shoot down a civilian aircraft in US airspace. It is a nice exercise in strategy but it will NEVER happen.
Bet you a 100 bucks it will happen....

Hell, during 9/11, there 2 aircraft from Andrews that were prepared to ram in-bound aircrafts because (at the time) they were unarmed.

They are armed now.
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