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Originally Posted by creekster
I also found it quaint that you apparently beleived that NORAD has some sort of central database that keeps track of every flight's flight plan (although you now have been informed that many flights don't even file flight plans) and keeps tabs on all flights so that if they vary from these flight plans they can be shot down or intercepted by fighters. IF we scrambled fighters every time some yahoo in a cessna varies from his flight plan (assuming he filed one) our air force fighters would probabyl spend most of their time on this activity.
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Great point. The costs of trying to take on this impossible task would be astronomical.
Why do people get so upset when policymakers get information on breaking news stories from CNN et al? News stations are set up to do just that and serve as a great intelligence resource. Every USG ops center, even those at CIA and the Pentagon, have live feeds from all the major news stations on 24/7 because they serve an important purpose. Why should the government establish a redundant system?
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