Its shocking how vulnerable the homeland defenses were.

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Sep 11, 2019
3:59:50pm

rad dawg All-American

Im sure things have changed but it begs the question why we didnt have any weaponized quick response options?

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I didn't know that the F-16 pilots sent to shoot down flight 93 didn't have any

Skeptical Optimist

9/11/19 3:56pm

Its shocking how vulnerable the homeland defenses were.

rad dawg

9/11/19 3:59pm

When was the previous time we had to respond to an air

mudpupper

9/11/19 4:02pm

How many times each year do Russian bombers violate US airspace??

Hinta

9/11/19 4:04pm

And how often do they pop up by surprise in Pennsylvania?

Eddie

9/11/19 4:06pm

That's mainly in Alaska. That's why I said US mainland.

mudpupper

9/11/19 4:06pm

It's happened along the west coast. Don't know about the east coast.

Hinta

9/11/19 4:20pm

Im just saying its surprising to an ordinary civilian like me.

rad dawg

9/11/19 4:28pm

It wasn’t a threat that justified the alert posture. Nukes? Yes. Hijacked

demon_llama

9/11/19 4:32pm

Tom Clancy had described it as a terror attack scenario prior to 9/11

AZ Coug

9/11/19 6:22pm

That's the type of thinking we had prior to Dec. 7, 1941,

Stringer Bell

9/11/19 5:11pm

I suppose the thought is that any threat like that would originate outside of the US and with plenty of time to see it

Grit for Brains

9/11/19 4:02pm

Heroes amongst us. Very sobering.

BlackBart

9/11/19 4:08pm

That is red-blooded courage.

rockyrd

9/11/19 4:22pm

More proof it was an inside job.....

whiteninja

9/11/19 4:37pm

RE: I didn't know that the F-16 pilots sent to shoot down flight 93 didn't have

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