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Feb 1, 2004 | 11:41 am

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Nuitari

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Don't forget the risk of a weapon detaching itself from the support pylons on the jets and exploding in a major city.

Plus what would they do if a plane suffer a major malfunction which cuts communication and they have to divert to another airport?

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