another national security issue....
the failure of the palmdale california atac center. there are about a handful of these centers in this country. IF this was a terrorist radio jamming incident (the back up systems failed as well), then it would be very easy to jam the few stations around this country which control almost all flights.
think about it. all the atac stations jammed and planes in high altitude flight can't navigate themselves. several issues:
a) the successful thwarting of terror was in part due to the grounding of airliners on the afternoon of 9-11-01. these big birds had to be "talked down" to the nearest airport, by, you guessed it, atac centers like the one in palmdale.
b) if all the atacs were shut down then you'd have "blind" commercial aircraft with innocent travellers who wouldn't know where to go - loaded with fuel.
i think you can see where this scenario might go.
think about it. all the atac stations jammed and planes in high altitude flight can't navigate themselves. several issues:
a) the successful thwarting of terror was in part due to the grounding of airliners on the afternoon of 9-11-01. these big birds had to be "talked down" to the nearest airport, by, you guessed it, atac centers like the one in palmdale.
b) if all the atacs were shut down then you'd have "blind" commercial aircraft with innocent travellers who wouldn't know where to go - loaded with fuel.
i think you can see where this scenario might go.
posted by impresario | 9:24 PM
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