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Because, compared to those other vehicles, the difference between a plane and a guided missile is small.
by bottled_poe 11y ago
Because, compared to those other vehicles, the difference between a plane and a guided missile is small.
- vidarh 11y agoYet there's been no epidemic in using planes as guided missiles, despite a long string of hijackings after 9/11. Even including the 9/11 hijackings, your odds of surviving a plane hijacking if you stay down and don't antagonise the hijackers are very good as most of them have goals that does not involve killing themselves or the planets unless absolutely necessary.
- yardie 11y agoA guided missile is a an airframe packed with high explosives designed to destroy heavily fortified buildings and vehicles. A passenger plane is a lightweight airframe designed to carry people, cargo, and fuel. Besides the fact they both fly it is a world of difference. A passenger plane carrying 1/2 of its fuel capacity damaged the Pentagon. 2 passenger planes carrying 1/2 their fuel capacity obliterated the WTC towers. This says more about the design of the towers, and resulting engineering shortcuts, than it does about the planes themselves. .