The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The one effective method of defending one's own territory from an offensive by air is to destroy the enemy's air power with the greatest possible speed.
Nothing can stop the attack of aircraft except other aircraft.
Aircraft are always going to be something that terrorists are interested in because you bring down an airliner, you have drawn the world's attention.
When you have armed militants, aided and abetted by a major country like Russia, able to use surface-to-air missiles to bring down a commercial airline, that is a form of terrorism.
There is a terrorist threat to this country that remains, and I believe that counter-terrorism needs to be the cornerstone of our mission, our vast mission... and aviation security is something that we still have a fair amount of concerns about.
Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body.
It is well to fetter the wings of our fancy and restrain its flights.
The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down.
We live in a dangerous world where rogue nations are developing longer range missiles. We have to make a strong effort at developing defenses against this threat.
Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it.