Air force circling Dublin

zefer

WTF?? Any1 else see the 3 planes and the helicopter flying around town??

Planes scared the crap outta me, sounded like they were going crash into the building!!!

skywalker

I saw/heard a very low flying plane about an hour ago. for a split second the thought crossed my mind.

statto

Anyone know what going on - there are 3 air force plains circulating overhead in Dublin

zefer

they just did it again. Flew directly over my building, 3 of them in formation.
I'm right beside the dail, maybe they are "protecting" it!! God help us!

Downtime

I think Dublin is on a Dark Green terror alert

kluivert

Probably cause of the bombing in London this morning.

Dinner

Are they Irish ones?
They could just be out training.

KTRIC

Downtime wrote:

I think Dublin is on a Dark Green terror alert

they have stepped it up to Yellowy-green alert !! :eek:

Jip

They're just practising for some national memorial day this weekend.

drunkenfool

They look kinda french

zefer

K-TRIC wrote:

they have stepped it up to Yellowy-green alert !! :eek:

Where are you getting that info from??

zoro

RE*AC*TOR wrote:

newstalk confirmed there are aircraft jets and a helicopter circling around dublin - at the moment they don't know why.

Before anyone panics and thinks that something has happened ... it hasn't (I think )

I'm just wondering... it would be terribly easy to plan and execute a strike on Dublin. A group of 5 or 6 dedicated people could easily come up with an efficient way of levelling OConnell street, destroying Henry street during peak shopping times, or even Grafton street during lunch on a sunning day (ALWAYS packed)

Does anyone know what effective measures are in place to prevent (unlikely...) or minimise damage to the country's capital? Or for that matter, anywhere in the country?

Purely hypothetical situation here, and if mods deem this thread to be poo i'll live with the deletion decision

Hobbes

I think any speculation at this point and time is going to get certain government bodies having a looksee at who you are.

Aurther Hugh

zoro wrote:

Before anyone panics and thinks that something has happened ... it hasn't (I think )

I'm just wondering... it would be terribly easy to plan and execute a strike on Dublin. A group of 5 or 6 dedicated people could easily come up with an efficient way of levelling OConnell street, destroying Henry street during peak shopping times, or even Grafton street during lunch on a sunning day (ALWAYS packed)

Does anyone know what effective measures are in place to prevent (unlikely...) or minimise damage to the country's capital? Or for that matter, anywhere in the country?

Purely hypothetical situation here, and if mods deem this thread to be poo i'll live with the deletion decision

Henry and O'Connell St. sounds good; imagine how may skangers you could take out

skywalker

Jip wrote:

They're just practising for some national memorial day this weekend.

If thats true and they have nothing to do with protecting the city from threat then they are ****ing eejits. Panicking people uneccessarily so they can practise.

BizzyC

I'd say the prime target would be the IFSC.

zoro

Hobbes wrote:

I think any speculation at this point and time is going to get certain government bodies having a looksee at who you are.

Possibly - but it should also be a time for certain bodies to have a look at what _WE_ have in place, should such an event happen here.

Just trying to stimulate a discussion is all

zefer

skywalker wrote:

If thats true and they have nothing to do with protecting the city from threat then they are ****ing eejits. Panicking people uneccessarily so they can practise.

Totally agree. Shouldnt be flying that low and that often around the city if that is the case

BizzyC

How can you tell? Are they wearing Burés?

Snickers Man

Jip wrote:

They're just practising for some national memorial day this weekend.

What National Memorial day this weekend?

July 12th? That's for those wierdo Nordies.

It's not Paddy's day, anniversary of the Easter Rising, All Saints Day, All Souls Day, or Anniversary of win over England in Stuttgart.

So what is it?

Oriel

What's the next step up from Yellowy Green? "Guinness Terror Alert?"
"Now boys, you get yerselves into the depths of the closest pub and hide there..."

Sarky

zoro wrote:

Does anyone know what effective measures are in place to prevent (unlikely...) or minimise damage to the country's capital? Or for that matter, anywhere in the country?

Out of date iodine tablets are about the height of it.

Oh, and for good measure, JIHAD.

Hi, FBI!

Dellgirl

Henry and O'Connell St. sounds good; imagine how may skangers you could take out

Haha!! I was wondering how long it would be before someone said it! Super quick off the mark there Arthur!

Oriel

Firefox protects me from terrorist attacks!

ambro25

LOL... and it's "Bérets"

Mr.Nice Guy

Dublin is not well defended at all. We would be at the mercy of a terrorist attack. In fact, it wouldn't be too difficult to wipe out the leading ministers in the governemnt since our Taoiseach doesn't even have decent security around him when he's out and about.

It's tme to have a big rethink on our defence systems.

KTRIC

Now where did I put them iodine tablets ??

ambro25

I'm in D6 and I must admit that 9/11 crossed my mind a short while back...was nearly expecting the 'bang' shortly after the overhead pass. What a day to be doing this! F***ing idiotic eejits!

Dellgirl

Blingarella. On the ground....reporting from underneath her desk.

Nuttzz

skywalker wrote:

If thats true and they have nothing to do with protecting the city from threat then they are ****ing eejits. Panicking people uneccessarily so they can practise.

who is panicking? There are 3 planes in the sky, WOW!!! :rolleyes:

it wouldn't be too difficult to wipe out the leading ministers in the governemnt

and the problem would be.....

zoro

Sarky wrote:

Out of date iodine tablets are about the height of it.

Oh, and for good measure, JIHAD.

Hi, FBI!

nice

the IFSC also crossed my mind - as did destroying the walls on either side of the Liffey from Heuston to Custom's House.
Not that that means that I'm thinking about doing it - they're just very possible avenues of attack. Think of the carnage... and think of how our defense system can prevent them.

or not.

zefer

ahh, just heard they were practising! what a day to do it..

Kingsize

"There are 3 planes in the sky" thats almost the entire irish airforce we must be on red alert!

Bluetonic

BizzyC wrote:

I'd say the prime target would be the IFSC.

****! I'm outta here! :eek:

*Page*

they were at it on monday to i remember reading a post about it!

Kingsize

Im Right Beside The Airport & Havent Seen Anything All Day ??

skywalker

Nuttzz wrote:

who is panicking? There are 3 planes in the sky, WOW!!! :rolleyes:

let me ask you 2 questions
1) Are you oblivious to what happened in the capital of the nearest country to ours this morning?
2) Did you see/hear how low they were?

Shut up & get some common sense. If you cant see how abnormally low planes flying around the capital just hours after the bombings happened in London is going to panick people then you need help.

monkeyfudge

Aurther Hugh wrote:

Henry and O'Connell St. sounds good; imagine how may skangers you could take out

It's been done before.. sheesh... people have short memories...

Isn't this formation flying thing for the Red Bull event that is being advertised in cinemas at the moment?

Downtime

skywalker wrote:

let me ask you 2 questions
1) Are you oblivious to what happened in the capital of the nearest country to ours this morning?

What happened in Cardiff?

DonkeyStyle \o/

monkeyfudge wrote:

Isn't this formation flying thing for the Red Bull event that is being advertised in cinemas at the moment?

Yeah I'm wondering that myself... are these dinky little aerobatic light prop aircraft? or big beefy fighter jets?
Get some target reconnaissance skillz like.

maquiladora

If they were jets, then they weren't Irish.
The Irish Air Corps doesn't have any jets.

spudington16

Downtime wrote:

I think Dublin is on a Dark Green terror alert

I apologise for this sh!t joke, but someone had to. The colours of Ireland's terror alert are 4 shades of green.

rabbitinlights

drunkenfool wrote:

They look kinda french

*Imagining Giant beret and onions around the front of the jet*

skywalker

Downtime wrote:

What happened in Cardiff?

point taken.

DonkeyStyle \o/

maquiladora wrote:

The Irish Air Corps doesn't have any jets.

*giggle*
Out of interest, what do they have?
*pictures an old crop duster with man throwing potatos from the cockpit*

ixoy

If ya must go for the IFSC, please wait a few more weeks as then I'll no longer be working and living here. Thanks.

IANOC

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Yeah I'm wondering that myself... are these dinky little aerobatic light prop aircraft? or big beefy fighter jets?
Get some target reconnaissance skillz like.

just going over now again as i type and they do look like defence/government planes

da_deadman

Where were people getting those terror alert colours?

I didn't know they had that in Ireland

DonkeyStyle \o/

Someone get some pics!

Kiera

Where do you find what alert we're on? What site?

Downtime

da_deadman wrote:

Where were people getting those terror alert colours?

I didn't know they had that in Ireland

Government website www.irlgov.ie under the terror alerts colour coding scheme section