Okay, so here's what I've got.
Now, what i've done here is some research into the subject of damage assessment. And here's what I've got.
These are the specs of the Airbus A-300, a craft comparable in size to the 757, and in fact, it's even larger. The most intriguing part however, is
something that you need to see to understand.
The recent Airbus crash that I mentioned earlier got me to thinking about what sort of damage was done to each crash site. I'm going to show you the
picture of the airbus crash now.
As you can see here, the damage is quite widespread, covering, on the front street, the area encompassed by three house fronts, and the entirety of
the road. Then there is the huge area that is the smoking crater, and you see in the foreground there one house on fire, and one completely
annihilated. Now, observe along that back street, and the VERY widespread damage that is evident there. Amazing, wot? What you see here is damage
spread across about, I'd estimate at least 5 acres, not counting what is obscured by the enormous plume of smoke.
Now, for the damage assessment of the '757' crash.
First, the specs on the 757.
And now, a picture of the point of impact on the pentagon.
It seems to me that the initial puncture of the outer wall is somewhat smaller than what you'd expect from a craft the size of the 757, especially
since the fuselage is larger than the hole it supposedly created. Now, granted, the entirety of the hole is obscured by the plume of smoke, but you
can see here that the inital damage, not residual at this point, is SIGNIFICANTLY smaller than what one would expect from such a
disastrous...well...disaster. As you can see here, on the first floor, most of the chain link is still intact, which says to me that the massive 124
foot wing span of the 757 never actually struck the fence. I'm left to believe that there WAS no 757 that struck the pentagon. I can only assume that
it was either a much smaller craft, or even a missile, which would account for the massive, yet very centralised damage to the structure.
As for how the pentagon was 'supposed' to stand up to such an attack, take a look at this:
From the diagram we see that the object would have had to puncture through 24" of construction material at each outer wall...that means if you
multiply that 24" by six, you end up with a grand total of 24 FEET of SOLID ROCK, as well as any number of interior walls that the object would have
to plough through. I just cannot believe that a 757, made of (As Skadi pointed out) lightweight aluminium that would not hold up to that pressure,
could have such destructive capability. Also, that to me leaves out a smaller aircraft. Personally, it's back to my theory of Tomahawk Cruise
missile. I simply cannot see any other explination.
My final assessment of the damage?
This type of damage, in my untrained opinion, could not have been caused by a 757. My research has shown that the damage was much more likely to be
more widespread, and such precision damage carried out could only be the result of a missile attack. Thanks for reading.
Peace.
[edit on 9-7-2004 by Loki]