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Id be surprised if the nypd has shoulder firing lock on missiles which one launch can cost more than an officers entire yearly salary. as for defending the world trade center that's something the papd and nypd have to deal with. I highly douubt that the nypd can shoot down any sort of airflcraft besides a single engine Cessna. They thing is that terrorist are smart and cunning, they blew up the trade center from the bottom which failed and later flew planes into the top of the buildings knocking them down. The problem with the first trade center is that it was built during the cold war and that building became a symbol of America's economic dominance on the world stage, a show piece if anything. My best bet is for the city and bistate agency port authroity is to equip every building with AA and SAM turrets manned by nypd and Papd officers who had prior military training before becoming cops.
I think they can afford a lot more than those missiles if they need to, their official annual budget is about 4.5 billion. That's more than a lot of the other places whole cities budgets, not just law enforcement. I wouldn't be surprised if they get extra off the books federal funding for terrorism and what not.
In case the attack comes from the air, when 1 WTC is ready for primetime there's going to be personel with missiles ready 24/7 on the rooftop with full authorization to take down any possible threat especially approaching commercial domestic aircraft.
DAMN, that sounds promising. Is there articles you read about that or something?
In case the attack comes from the air, when 1 WTC is ready for primetime there's going to be personel with missiles ready 24/7 on the rooftop with full authorization to take down any possible threat especially approaching commercial domestic aircraft.
Uh, no, there isn't. Unless you have some sort of source for that other than a bunch of Tom Clancy novels, that's silly at best.
I think they can afford a lot more than those missiles if they need to, their official annual budget is about 4.5 billion. That's more than a lot of the other places whole cities budgets, not just law enforcement. I wouldn't be surprised if they get extra off the books federal funding for terrorism and what not.
the CIA got off the books funding by selling drugs in latin america.
I just hope the information goes through from a commercial aircraft in distress with technical problems (for example with engines full of Geese trying to land in Hudson) to the personnel on the rooftop operating the lock on missiles with full authorization.
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Besides, a cop would likely hit the building by mistake...or the Verrazano Bridge.
It's not like they're gonna pull some cop out of a donut shop and say go shoot this plane down...the officer would be trained and from an elite group!
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