"dott.Piergiorgio" wrote in
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a/c as weapon) the morale of the entire AF involved is guaranteed to
plummet to the very low, esp. of the people more or less directly
involved in giving executing that order.

In mission control at NASA there is a switch that destroys
the launch vehicle should it show signs of endangering
the civilian population.
That protocol includes the manned vehicles.
Its a bitch of a responsibility but necessary.

IBM