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For just $2,495, you, too, can own your own radio-controlled model jet

Of course, that's for the unpainted kit version. Busy jihadists will probably want to splurge on the $500 factory paint job, which is apparently what Rezwan Ferdaus of Ashland allegedly did, according to an FBI affidavit, which includes a photo of a model F-86 Sabre jet:

From the FBI affidavit

The FBI affidavit describes how undercover agents gave Ferdaus money to buy equipment with which he thought he could "decapitate" the U.S. military:

Between May 2011 and September 2011, FERDAUS researched, ordered and acquired (with the financial assistance of the [undercover agents]) necessary components for his attack plans, including one remote controlled aircraft (F-86 Sabre), 25 pounds of C-4 explosives, 6 fully-automatic AK-47 assault rifles (machine guns) and grenates. FERDAUS created a false identity, "Dave Winfield." He opened a PayPal account under this false identity and even created a cover story explaining why he was seeking to buy this planes. FERDAUS told representatives of a Florida distributor that he was purchasing the plane for his son (FERDAUS is unmarried and has no children). In June 2011, FERDAUS also rented a storage facility in Framingham, Massachusetts, under a different false name, to use to build his attack planes and maintain all his equipment.

The affidavit claims Ferdaus planned to activate the explosives through another remote-controlled device: A cellphone with some wires leading to the explosives that, when called, would send a charge through the wires and detonate the planes.

Some people put cameras in the cockpit:

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Reading through the indictment it does sound like this guy came up with the ideas and initiated the plan, and it doesn't read as entrapment, unlike some other cases.

But, if a 747 hitting the Pentagon didn't decapitate the military on 9/11, how much damage did he think he could do with a model plane? Did he really think he could launch a bunch of them from a public park in DC without attracting attention?

Doesn't seem like this was the most well-thought plan out there.

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the Pentagon has the capability of shooting these down.

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