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Focus of training for terrorist attacks has been chemical, biological warfare.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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| September 11, 2001 | Goldstein, Steve | COPYRIGHT 2001 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

WASHINGTON _ The most brazen attack on the United States since Pearl Harbor Tuesday blasted the headquarters of the most powerful military in the world.

How was this possible?

How could a hijacked airliner fly through Washington air space and crash into the Pentagon, the five-sided symbol of American military might?

The simple, if tragic, answer is that there is no air defense to thwart a suicide strike by an aircraft on the capital of the United States.

Until September 1994, when a Maryland truck driver with a history of mental illness flew a stolen Cessna two-seater onto the White House grounds, killing himself, there was no plan to defend against such an incident. Now, according to experts and informed government officials, Secret Service agents have access to shoulder-fired ground-to-air ...

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