Regarding the 'heaviest defended airspace' claim. Has anyone here ever brought up Matthias Rust?

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2. You are comparing apples to oranges.

First of all, Matthias Rust "invaded" Russian air space.

The planes that hit the Twin Towers were not invading American air space. They were part of it. They were commercial jet that took off from airports inside the USA.

And once the first plane hit the tower, our senior NORAD officials knew of the fact that the two planes had gone off course. FAA Director Jane Garvey made sure that the airlines' lines into the FAA were made open and available to the senior military, starting within minutes of the FAA realizing that the first plane was hijacked (Approx 8:35 Am the morning of Sept 11th.) But some officials assumed the second plane was part of an ongoing "military game" that was set up and was in operation at the time.

When I listened to Nine Eleven Commission testimony, that was presented live on C Span while occurring, the military officials talked about this.

Many of us, including me, do think that the plane that went down in a field in Pennsylvania was targeted by our military. Nothing else explains the way that the plane's total material, including bodies of passengers, was basically evaporated.