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Let's assume the prohibited zone was the old 3-mile ring. Now, a plane
has just breached the outside edge of the ring. In 2 minutes it will be
on top of the Capitol building.

Yep. There are surface to air missiles available in that situation. But
it's a patently bad idea to fire a SAM over a city if, say, F-16s are better
able to assess the target.

Other than the government freakout and the bumbling idiocy of the pilot,
everything worked out just fine.

-c