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tgrowazayyesterday at 9:27 PM1 replyview on HN

You won’t get shot down for merely taking off without a transponder.

Worst case scenario a fighter jet will be scrambled to investigate.

But in apocalypse scenario, chances are the fighter jets will be busy with tasks other than enforcing FAA rules.


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essephyesterday at 10:18 PM

> But in apocalypse scenario, chances are the fighter jets will be busy with tasks other than enforcing FAA rules.

Depending on the type of event, they very well could be scrambling to shoot down unidentified aircraft.

Fog of war sucks, and friendly fire still happens often.