tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post6069550361112506207..comments2024-03-29T08:01:26.952-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Another reason to avoid flying, if possiblePeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-20665588926848694872017-04-24T20:55:33.590-05:002017-04-24T20:55:33.590-05:00There is now more reason to go into Venezuela than...There is now more reason to go into Venezuela than we had for going into Panama.Quartermasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-57181125547752196052017-04-24T16:22:13.438-05:002017-04-24T16:22:13.438-05:00Anon is right... Sigh... And that is ONE of the di...Anon is right... Sigh... And that is ONE of the dirty little secrets of the Bizjet world...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-77804704695961505052017-04-24T15:00:17.645-05:002017-04-24T15:00:17.645-05:00In the early 2000s, there was an article in Busine...In the early 2000s, there was an article in Business and Commercial Aviation about flying corporate jets in Africa (for non-African companies). The part about having a chaff launcher on a biz-jet (Citation, Gulfstream, not converted airliner) was rather eye-opening. Apparently the people on the ground didn't have to be actively angry at whoever was flying overhead, just bored, in order for them to fire something at the plane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-59041222344685899532017-04-24T14:37:20.660-05:002017-04-24T14:37:20.660-05:00I believe that you misunderstand how this country&...I believe that you misunderstand how this country's "Intelligence" services work, <b>Eric Wilmer</b>. My bet is that the CIA is arming terrorists around the globe. Your suggestion would put a significant crimp in their style.Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-68704846404213954522017-04-24T13:43:46.625-05:002017-04-24T13:43:46.625-05:00Now, here's something I don't get: why are...Now, here's something I don't get: why aren't modern export-model ManPADs geo-locked? Build in GPS (GLONASS, whatever), if it's not there already, and have the firmware check the location against a map of the authorized zone of use, programmed in before shipment and protected by some sort of secure hash.<br />Re-export it to terrorists, they try to use it outside the authorized zone, and it refuses to launch, or even blows up in their faces.<br />This wouldn't be impossible to bypass, but it could be extremely inconvenient. And it seems like any country capable of producing these weapons would have an incentive to discourage their misuse.Eric Wilnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04351991168469225129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-25472711183754620092017-04-24T13:11:14.786-05:002017-04-24T13:11:14.786-05:00My understanding is that part of the Benghazi &quo...My understanding is that part of the Benghazi "event" was a transfer of weapons from the US (as in CIA) to Syrian ragheads. And that among the weapons transferred were some ManPADs. The intent was to have Ambassador Stevens "kidnapped" and then ransom him to give the terrorists more dinero. But the terrorists were a few steps ahead of our "leaders" and our "Intelligence" agencies "finest"...Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.com