Here's an interesting viewpoint with implications for south Minneapolis. The concern is should-launched surface-to-air missiles.
Mark Knapp Kingfield -------------------- An American No-Flight Zone? http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/07/opinion/07MACK.html Given how vulnerable commercial jets are at low altitudes, the Federal Aviation Authority ought to ban flight patterns that take jets over city centers. Obviously, flights to and from major airports will still have to pass over some parts of cities. But the Sept. 11 attacks showed that Al Qaeda selected targets that would resonate worldwide because of their scale. Plane-free urban zones are not the whole answer, but the opportunity to bring a jet down in Times Square or on the Washington Mall has to be removed from the terrorists' arsenal of potential atrocities. There is no way to put the genie back in the bottle and remove shoulder-launched missiles from the international black market. Short of moving airports away from cities entirely and making them as secure as military bases, there is no way to eliminate all potential threat to commercial air traffic posed by these weapons. Still, we have to do all we can to reduce the ease with which this sort of attack can be carried out. It may now be time to clear the skies over our major cities. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
