NORAD Official Urges Anti-Terror Effort

[Kadie]

NORAD Official Urges Anti-Terror Effort

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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - NORAD commander Gen. Ed Eberhart said Wednesday that terrorists may turn to a seaborne attack because U.S. fighter jets are now prepared to shoot down a hijacked airliner.

"I believe that it is just a matter of time until the terrorists try to use a seaborne attack, a maritime attack against us," Eberhart told reporters touring the new headquarters of Northern Command, the military unit created after Sept. 11, 2001, to deal with terrorist attacks.

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He said a seaborne attack on the country could involve bringing high explosives into port and detonating them, unloading weapons of mass destruction or launching a missile from offshore.

"Our maritime domain awareness is not as secure ... as our monitoring of our air space," he said. Eberhart said he thinks expanded cooperation with Canada to include monitoring ships off its coast could improve security. So far Canada is a NORAD partner only on air defense.


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[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Everybody wants...

A piece of the action.

Translation: I need more money in my budget.

[RobertSeattle]

3. You got it

Al Queda is cheap but efficient - 9/11 cost something around 300K to pull off - they aren't going to "waste" money on a missile when there are far cheaper things that can be done. If someone wants to commit suicice and kills lots of people at the same time, it doesn't take much.

[CHIMO]

2. Here We Go Again

Getting sucked in and having no idea what we are agreeing to.