T.L. Davis wrote in
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The one all purpose carry on weapon still allowed is the big heavy
cowboy belt buckle. Slip off the belt and raise hell.

Sorry for the rant and the unrealistic scenario, but it just blows my
mind that only slightly more than a dozen fighters were on station.
Might as well phase out NORAD altogether except for missile defense
and retaliation.

Your Peace Dividend at work. If we'd managed to put the pieces
we had together in time the hijacked flights would never have
left the ground so what Continental AD posture was is kind of
a secondary consideration.

IBM