[MilCom] NORAD

[jeff]

Chris Corley wrote:
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>  http://www.norad.mil/newsroom/news_releases/2006/092906.htm

Thanks for the pointer, Chris.
very interesting article.

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[snippet of article]

...."response to Russian aircraft that penetrated North America’s Air 
Defense Identification Zone, according to NORAD officials.

"While the Russian air assets at no time violated U.S. or Canadian 
airspace,".......

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So it didn't penetrate our airspace - only our Defense Identification Zone.

Notice that when something happens, there's a rush to let the public 
know that nothing happened.

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[snippet 2]

"While this response to the Russian bombers shows how NORAD continues to 
monitor the air approaches to North America, NORAD’s mission also 
focuses on airspace within North America. Since Sept. 11, 2001, NORAD 
has scrambled or diverted more than 2,200 times to execute its aerospace 
control mission for North America."

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It's very sad that they didn't launch on 9/11/01 itself until it was too 
late.


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