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Remote Control To Prevent Aircraft Hijacking
Snad writes "The UK's Evening Standard is reporting that Boeing plans to roll out aircraft remote control systems in a bid to eliminate the threat of terrorist hijackings, and prevent any repetition of the events of September 11 2001. 'Scientists at aircraft giant Boeing are testing the tamper-proof autopilot system which uses state-of-the-art computer and satellite technology. It will be activated by the pilot flicking a simple switch or by pressure sensors fitted to the cockpit door that will respond to any excessive force as terrorists try to break into the flight deck. Once triggered, no one on board will be able to deactivate the system. Currently, all autopilots are manually switched on and off at the discretion of pilots. A threatened airliner could be flown to a secure military base or a commercial airport, where it would touch down using existing landing aids known as 'autoland function'.'"
If we weren't such pussies we would have done what Israel did to Lebanon when Hamas took two guys hostage.
Except we would have scaled it up to the extent that 9/11 is to taking two hostages.
If you're going to crack jokes, can you at least crack jokes that aren't so obvious I already thought of them, failed to laugh, and then moved on to serious discussion?
Any sufficiently well-organized community is indistinguishable from Government.
That said, it was all for naught, because from day 1 of being sworn in this administration wanted to go into Iraq.
If Clinton had actually done his job (instead of getting one) in 1998, there would have been no need to go into Iraq in 2003.