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Re:From NASA to Amtrak, These Are All the Government Agencie... by srtjstjsj on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @11:11PM (#24500788)
> Terrorists and Nuts would love nothing more than use a surface-to-air missile against a launch.

And yet never in history has that been attempted, despite the presence of suicide bombers.

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Re:From NASA to Amtrak, These Are All the Government Agencie... by onetimemanytime on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @11:50PM (#24501019)
>>And yet never in history has that been attempted, despite the presence of suicide bombers.

That, in itself is not really an argument. Nothing has been attempted until it happens.

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Re:From NASA to Amtrak, These Are All the Government Agencie... by austincheney on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @11:49PM (#24501011)
That line of thinking destroyed the wealth of millions of people in the 2008 housing crash. So many people were certain it can’t happen only because it hasn’t happened.
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Re:From NASA to Amtrak, These Are All the Government Agencie... by craftinator on Thursday September 17, 2020 @02:35AM (#24501804)
He's not saying it can't happen, he's pointing out that there is no historical justification for the protections they render.
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Re:From NASA to Amtrak, These Are All the Government Agencie... by baud147258 on Thursday September 17, 2020 @10:20AM (#24504937)
well, finding and shipping a surface to air missile close to a launch site seems to be more complicated than finding a volunteer for a suicide attack, which can be done nearly everywhere. Also the current trend in terrorist attacks is the maximalisation of casualties, not necessarily property damage/symbolic targets
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