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Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe

^Concur. This is a significant concern.

I seem to recall an incident (maybe in NJ or NY) a few decades ago when they caught foreign nationals attempting to fire on a U.S. civilian airliner. Can't find anything on the internet search-machine thingy about it though.

Further internet searching is indicating it may have initially been considered a cause for Flight 800 in 1996, but was apparently later to determined to be an electrical short in the central fuel tank.

I understand your concern, but rest assured the country is easily capable of defending itself from drones. Granted, no drones would be able to fly, but they all could be shut down. Just like the old ECMs, GPS and ISMs can be disrupted without much effort. There are also, manual cable dragging techniques that remove the buggers from the sky.