In article zE1Lb.9465$6l1.4352@okepread03,
"Gene Storey" wrote:

I would have NYC ringed by Patriot batteries, and anything above 250 knots
that isn't on a flight plan should be terminated. Error on the side of those
on the
ground.

....and then they'd hit Washington and Los Angeles and San Francisco and
Dallas and New Orleans and Chicago and Detroit and Philadelphia and
Miami and Boston and Denver and Seattle and Atlanta and...

Well.

In reality, you'd have to buy a few thousand Patriot batteries, enlist a
few hundred thousand people to man them 24/7, and then the bad guys
would do something else to kill people.

--
cirby at cfl.rr.com

Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations.
Slam on brakes accordingly.