[EdGreene]

Just watched ABC NEWS. They report that the North American Air Defense (NORAD) ran simulated exercises where hijacked commercial aircraft were flown into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center Towers two years prior to the event.
The exercises were run in in part in order to determine how long it would take for fighter response.

The Defense Department dismissed the results of the exercises as: "Too unrealistic".

[Infidel_Kastro]

Already discussed: http://forums.techguy.org/showthread.php?t=220410

[Infidel_Kastro]

I have no time for conspiracy theories, I want facts, nothing but the facts, and only the facts. And maybe a Slurpee...



NORAD exercise had jet crashing into building
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sometime between 1991 and 2001, a regional sector of the North American Aerospace Defense Command simulated a foreign hijacked airliner crashing into a building in the United States as part of training exercise scenario, a NORAD spokesman said Monday.

The exercise was solely to test procedures and was no indication that NORAD had any reason to believe the scenario would happen in the real world, according to a spokesman.

It is unclear whether the simulated scenario was that of a hijacked plane being "used as missile" -- intentionally crashing into a building -- or that of an out-of-control hijacked plane.

Military officials said the exercise involved simulating a crash into a building that would be recognizable if identified, but was not the World Trade Center or the Pentagon.

They emphasize it involved an airliner being hijacked as it flew into U.S. airspace from abroad, a slightly different scenario from what happened on September 11, 2001.

The identity of the building named in the exercise is classified.

The exercise was conducted at one regional sector, and was not conducted at the headquarters, as are major exercises. This sector exercise involved some flying of military aircraft as well as a command post exercise in which communications procedures were practiced in an office environment.

NORAD officials emphasized that if it had been a real event, NORAD would have instituted standard procedures to try to contact the aircraft and keep it from crashing.

"We have planned and executed numerous scenarios over the years to include aircraft originating from foreign airports penetrating our sovereign airspace. Regrettably the tragic events of 9/11 were never anticipated or exercised," said Gen. Ralph Eberhart, commander of NORAD.

NORAD has the ongoing mission of defense of U.S. airspace.

According to a statement from NORAD, "Before September 11th, 01, NORAD regularly conducted a variety of exercises that included hijack scenarios. These exercises tested track detection and identification; scramble and interception; hijack procedures; internal and external agency coordination and operational security and communications security procedures."

All of those tasks are the responsibility of NORAD.

The statement continues:

"NORAD did not plan and execute these types of exercises because we thought the scenarios were probable. These exercises were artificial simulations that provided us the opportunity to test and validate our processes and rules of engagement with the appropriate coordination between NORAD's command headquarters, its subordinate regions and sectors and National Command authorities in Canada and the United States.

"Since 9/11 we have continued our exercise program having conducted more than 100 exercises, all of which have included mock hijacks. NORAD has flown 35,000 sorties and scrambled or diverted fighters from air patrols nearly 1,800 times. Additionally, NORAD fighters out of Florida have intercepted two hijacked aircraft since 9/11; both originating from Cuba and escorted to Key West in spring 2003. NORAD remains vigilant and its tolerance for any anomaly in the sky remains very low. The 9/11 commission has been informed about our exercises that include hijack scenarios.

"At the NORAD headquarters' level we normally conducted four major exercises a year, most of which included a hijack scenario. Since 9/11 however we have conducted more than 100 exercises, all of which included at least one hijack scenario."

[rextilleon]

Norad New---LOL_--no Ed, NOrad Exercised---thats a long way from knowing! Work on your subject lines and your gross generalizations about Jews.

[EdGreene]

Originally Posted by rextilleon

Norad New---LOL_--no Ed, NOrad Exercised---thats a long way from knowing! Work on your subject lines and your gross generalizations about Jews.

You are unboundingly stupid.

I made one remark (totally in context) and you are wallowing in it like a pig.

Grow up; get over it.

[EdGreene]

Those were not all "phantom" military exercises or philosphical debates. Some were actual scrambles.
Thus what was "known" by NORAD was not only the possibility of a 9/11 happening, those responsible, whoever that might have been, dropped the ball, making 9/11 probable.
Worse, nothing in place today keeps 9/11 from happening again. Maybe not an attack on D.C. from Dulles but commerical aircraft lifting off Southbound out of LaGuardia could be turned easily enough into the Empire State Building; the same for Washinton National and the Capitol itself.
If one had the mind of a conspirator, one might even suggest that NORAD's "plans" fell into enemy hands.

[rextilleon]

Calm down and stop being so pompous and hateful. You still haven't apologized for your virulent anti-semitism and I don't intend to allow you to spew your nonsense.

[Kingcodez]

Sorry to break it to you but a heck of a lot of "black" organisations knew about 9/11, and the future.
I'm not saying any thing is going to happen, like lets say Peak Oil.
But when it COUGH COUGH HACK COUGH happens they will know before it happens.

Remember the NSA listens to ALL Calls, E-Mails, and the like.

If you were our dictato- errr President and This is going to happen what would you do, Let the poop hit the fan, thus making americns hate arabs, and invade their country for oil to give the american public more time to prepare.
OR
Save some lives, (By intercepting the ppl at the gate), have 9/11 never happen, thus never bringing up the subject of iraq/afghan. to the american people and have to make an even crazy/messed up/ stupid excuse to invade (Bush had a ton of support for americans, and he took advantage of that)...

I dont like bush, but all of his intentions are for us, to give us more time, peak oil will hit and when it does it'll be like the oil crisis in the 70's then we'll be thrown back to the 18th century...

gah i guess this is a rant...