Countless MANPADS have been smuggled in to the US across the southern border and have been stashed around the country. I can only presume this because a year or so AFTER the 9/11/twin towers attack Homeland Security was going to police related conventions in Texas and they were instructing the police how to identify the various parts of MANPADS. The group doing the instruction was mostly military types who were traveling around the country attending similar law enforcement shows. I saw the presentation they made in Texas by accident personally.
So, this is not a new issue. But is was and is a reason to shut down the borders. Using the National Guard if necessary. It may be too late but these new MANPADS which are likely the most modern change the game if they enter the US.
These types of surface to air missiles have a kill zone of 20-40 miles around any airport. According to Homeland Security it takes very little training to use one. They can be pulled out of a car or truck, pointed at the commercial jets heat signature, the device emits a tone and the trigger is pulled. By the time the airliner is hit the shooter is long gone without a trace.
Because of what I heard years ago for a long time I have expected to wake up one morning and see dozens of airliners being shot out of the sky. If that happens the American economy will tank.
The moslems are a very patient group. While it may seem that we have been able to stop terrorist acts with the stupidity of checking little old ladies and babies in airports or the NSA monitoring a bunch of phone calls we have neglected the real threat. Men on the ground with MANPADS.
The only way to stop the use of this kind of stuff is let the bad guys know that if something like this happens Mecca and Medina are no more.
Chris Stephens and the rest of the Americans were buying MANPADS and trying to get them out of the country. The bad guys simply let them purchase them and once they had a stockpile they raided the complex and took the MANPADS. They were very valuable and that is why they killed Stephens and others. One, they get the MANPADS and two they stop Stephens and Co. from buying up more. Hillary Clinton and Obama are up to their eyeballs in this deal just like they were in Fast and Furious.
I have not flown commercial in years and won’t fly commercial. I believe that hell will rain down on us one morning.
Gee, looking around the news yesterday I would have thought this would be a lead story. Guess my timing was wrong.
Then checked if it were a follow up story to Benghazi. No not there either.
Human interest? NO.
Weather: No.
Sports: No.
Something must be wrong with my reception.
So we’re going to see a lot of TWA 800’s in the future. And ironically, a Clinton is involved again.