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Old Jul 10, 2003 | 9:33 pm
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tazi
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by The Unknown Screener:
Ya know, I live about 6 miles from my airport and the planes are low enough outside that anyone who was so inclined and had a stinger could take one down from 6-8 miles away from the airport. If it is going to happen, it will not be near an airport.

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Then please tell me why we are spending billions of dollars searching for harmless pointy objects when there are much larger holes in security????

There is a residential neighborhood directly across the street from where a unway starts/ends at BWI. I have driven down this road when planes are landing. It wouldn't take a stinger to shoot one down.



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