James G
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Post by James G on Nov 5, 2018 22:31:05 GMT
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Post by lordroel on Nov 6, 2018 3:54:44 GMT
Nice find James, i can assume that there where less aircraft to put on the ground than there was on 9/11. |
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Post by stevep on Nov 6, 2018 11:21:27 GMT
Interesting and would make sense given the fears at the time but could imagine assorted business interests raising bloody hell if something like that was tried nowadays.
Notice that as in 2001 the Canadians also got shut down, although presuming this time they actually had some warning and were consulted.
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Post by James G on Nov 6, 2018 12:24:42 GMT
In 2001 the civilian air traffic control was left active and so were navigation beacons. The Cold War plan was to shut them at a drop of a hat too faced with bombers over the Arctic. I think there would have been many accidents.
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Post by lordroel on Nov 6, 2018 16:19:10 GMT
In 2001 the civilian air traffic control was left active and so were navigation beacons. The Cold War plan was to shut them at a drop of a hat too faced with bombers over the Arctic. I think there would have been many accidents. Not related to the Cold War exercise but a nice Youtube clip of the September 11th 2001 Airspace Shutdown (With Timeline) |
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