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Skywise wrote:

But my point is, if there's a thousand incursions a year, what
does that say about the effectiveness and usefulness of the
ADIZ? My opinion is that it proves it's uselessness.

It would be interesting to know how many incurions occur in
each ADIZ that we have, as well as the total number of
flights operating in and around each ADIZ, including the
DC ADIZ. And for additional comparison, it would be useful
to know the same kind of info for other large restricted or
prohibited airspace. Then we could see whether incursions
are a particular problem with the DC ADIZ.

But the number of incursions with the DC ADIZ really doesn't
say much about the usefulness of the ADIZ. The whole point of
having the ADIZ is so that our Air Defense folks in the NCR can
distinquish friend from foe. From an Air Defense point of view
it would be easiest just to make the DC ADIZ one big prohibited
airspace without any aircraft allowed at all. This would allow them
to shoot at anything that flies.

I suspect your question is more about the actual need of the DC ADIZ.

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Bob Noel
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