My point was that an interception mission flown on 9/11 would
necessarily have included armament on the fighter aircraft, and
that shooting down an airliner was a real possibility. Such
that the peacetime definition of " interception ", limited to
merely acquiring and identifying an aircraft, wasn't definitive
in the 9/11 context.

I don't agree. Ramming was an option, and evidently one that was
seriously considered.

Those were attempted interceptions, in my book.That they failed was
good news for the intercepting pilots, bad news for the folks in the
World Trade Center towers and at the Pentagon.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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