NYPD Can Shoot Down Planes, But With What Weapon?
Maybe it's a bare wire in a fuel tank.
Posted on 09/26/2011 6:11:05 PM PDT by LibWhacker
The NYPD is capable of shooting down planes in the event of another 9/11-style attack on New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday, but it's unknown exactly what weapons the police have at their disposal, and whether their arsenal includes surface-to-air missiles.
"The NYPD has lots of capabilities that you don't know about and you won't know about," Bloomberg told reporters Monday, echoing recent comments by police commissioner Ray Kelly.
"Do you mean to say that the NYPD has the means to take down an aircraft?" Kelly was asked by "60 Minutes" on Sunday .
"Yes," he replied, "I prefer not to get into details, but obviously, this would be in a very extreme situation."
It would have to be an extreme situation, given the danger of shooting down a large plane over a heavily populated area like New York City. It's also not entirely clear legally, whether cops -- unlike the military -- could shoot at an unarmed jet.
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Kelly's doing a hell of a job.
NYPD Can Shoot Down Planes, But With What Weapon?
Maybe it's a bare wire in a fuel tank.
Sunny Surplus Redeyes.
Wouldnt you out of towners like to know?
Yeah you country boys may take out the occasional squirrel or caribou (that’s what Whole Foods is for) but we city boys like to take out 777 jets from our apartment windows! Yeah baby! Wooooo!
I never knew until the other day...that the DOE...has highly trained, and VERY GOOD sniper teams at every nuke facility in the nation.
In the 80s, the Navy developed and tested a Stinger mod that was mounted to and fired from a helicopter. Obviously NYNY doesn’t have a fighter plane (else we would have pics) but they are eat up with choppers.
My guess is this is what their latest toy is. Either that or they dug up some old Nike SAMs. Anyone else remember seeing the Nike sights up and down the east coast back in the 60s?
Remember when Air Force One buzzed Ground Zero? Man, I hope the NYPD has notified all the relevant parties! From private planes to military planes to corporate jets, etc. I’m assuming it includes helicopters.
Wondered what happened to Libyas ground to air rockets.
The cost of providing the amount of weapons, equipment, and personnel it would take to provide 360 degree protection from air attack for a city the size of New York City is the only "detail" New York tax payers should be interested in.
Mayor Broomberg has a Witches Broom to sweep evil out of the Big Apple!
NYPD = NY Pretty Delusional.
In theory you could give them shoulder fired SAM’s but that would be extremely foolish considering that the city freaks out at the drop of a hat. If this is true, I’d be very worried.
My guess is they have some kind of “plan” to use 0.50cal rifles or something like that.
A lot of big city police forces just like to “play army” with all of the “toys” bought with federal grant money.
Heard a 50 cal. that would do it.
The ATF is having a sale at the border.
Maintenance on the Nike’s would be very expensive.
Stingers it is.
Americans aren't used to these kinds of restrictions. I can see it now... Some totally innocent sightseer corporate bigwig flying over NYC and the next thing he knows... BOOM!... he's going down.
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