Gnizmo said:
twesterm said:
Well if it's a question of numbers then I would imagine it would take a lot less people and less resources to hijack a plane than an airport.
And the ultimate answer to why they don't invade an airport-- because it would be ultimately stupid and not really work. At best they would annoy the nation by grounding all air traffic.
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Ineffective doesn't add up for me. The kill count would be enormous, and there is little security outside of the security check points which, conveniently, have a large number of targets. Such an attack (or simple explosive) would have ridiculous casualty rates, and really fuck up airport security. Looking to strike terror and make a statement? Go down as the guy who made everyone who goes near an airport needs to go through security.
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An attack on an airport is actually less likely than an attack on a train station I think, train stations are more crowded and have less security. This style of 'Mumbai' attack is exactly what they're afraid of in Europe.
