Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agoThey want to give the dumbest people you know SAM's and the authorization to shoot at lights im the sky that scare themhexbear.netimagemessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1252arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1251arrow-down1imageThey want to give the dumbest people you know SAM's and the authorization to shoot at lights im the sky that scare themhexbear.netPosadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square97fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBelieveRevolt [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·3 months agoDoesn’t the NYPD have AA weapons?
minus-squareFALGSConaut [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·3 months agoPossibly? Probably? Best I could find was a couple articles from 2011 mentioning a .50 rifle, the mayor being coy about further capabilities, and one mentioning a rumour that the secret service has/had a stinger missile in NYC https://web.archive.org/web/20220324055054/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/09/manhattans-real-anti-aircraft-battery-stinger-missiles/337379/ https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/nypd-shoot-planes-weapon/story?id=14608555
minus-squaremiz [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agodeleted by creator
Doesn’t the NYPD have AA weapons?
Possibly? Probably? Best I could find was a couple articles from 2011 mentioning a .50 rifle, the mayor being coy about further capabilities, and one mentioning a rumour that the secret service has/had a stinger missile in NYC
https://web.archive.org/web/20220324055054/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/09/manhattans-real-anti-aircraft-battery-stinger-missiles/337379/
https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/nypd-shoot-planes-weapon/story?id=14608555
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