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The 400 million dollar plane given as a payoff to Trump, is now in San Antonio, Texas waiting on paperwork to be overhauled by a defense contractor (www.npr.org)

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"They wouldn't be able to install the kinds of capabilities you typically find on an Air Force One," said Richard Aboulafia, managing director of AeroDynamic Advisory, describing a retrofit timeline of less than four years.

"In terms of encrypted communications, to electronic warfare, to back-up power systems — it wouldn't have any of that in that time frame," Aboulafia said. "Anybody on that jet would be advised to use burner phones and watch what they say."

Nicholas Veronico, a former NASA contractor who worked on 747s and is an author of a book on Air Force One, agreed that a shorter timeframe would be problematic.

"If the conversion can be done within a year and President Trump is flying around the world in this new less-than-Air-Force-One Air Force One, then he's flying in a compromised airplane. And we're putting our president at risk," Veronico said.

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[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 26 points 3 days ago (4 children)

"If the conversion can be done within a year and President Trump is flying around the world in this new less-than-Air-Force-One Air Force One, then he's flying in a compromised airplane. And we're putting our president at risk," Veronico said.

I say give the orange man what he wants.

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Give Paul Atreides the luxury Arrakeen apartment.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

Hopefully The Shadout Mapes does not bumble into the apartment.

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