Air Defenses on 9/11 [View All]

[hack89]

Here are some links that discuss the air defenses on 9/11. Some things I took away from them:

1. FAA procedures were unwieldy and not geared towards a 911 scenario.

2. Air Force radars were old and obsolete.

3. Air Force radars were on the coast to cover aircraft approaching from sea. With a maximum range of 250 mile, they would have had great difficulty tracking aircraft that were inland.

4. Air Force radars were old, analog systems that would not have been able to display synthetic injected tracks even if they existed.


http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/13/3335/57833
http://www.vanityfair.com/features/general/060801fege01
http://911research.wtc7.net/cache/planes/defense/aviationnow_jumpstart.htm