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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44666835/ns/us_news-security/?GT1=43001#.ToC7VOwYFjs

NEW YORK — The New York Police Department could take down a plane if necessary, Commissioner Ray Kelly said Sunday, describing the counter-terror measures he implemented after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Kelly decided the city couldn't rely on the federal government alone after the attacks, he told CBS' "60 Minutes".

And so he set about creating the NYPD's own counter-terrorism unit, which is prepared for multiple scenarios and could even take down a plane, he said.

"I knew that we had to supplement, buttress our defenses of this city," Kelly told "60 Minutes".

"We couldn't rely on the federal government alone. I believed that we had to create our own counter-terrorism capacity, indeed our own counter-terrorism division. And, that plan was put into effect fairly rapidly," he added.

Kelly didn't divulge details about the NYPD's ability to take down a plane but said "obviously this would be in a very extreme situation."

Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne later added that "NYPD Aviation has weapons that could be deployed with that capability," the New York Post reported Monday.
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Police sources told The Post that Kelly and Browne were referring to Barrett .50 caliber rifles that can be mounted on most police helicopters. The bullets can rip through cockpit glass as well as fuselage, and their force has been compared to that of a bazooka.

The rifles are stored in an NYPD safe and are deployed only for "special occasions," such as when the president is in town, the sources added.

Other law-enforcement sources told NBC News that a third crew member joins the helicopter pilot and copilot to operate the rifle. Attached to a sling and with a side door on the chopper open, the weapon can be used to disable a boat or a small aircraft, the sources said.

The idea for this added layer of security came amid the earlier threat that Al-Qaida might use small aircraft such as crop dusters to spread chemical or biological weapons.

The NYPD would not try to intercept an airliner, the sources added.

The Coast Guard and military have helicopters equipped with similar weaponry. NYPD officers train with the .50 caliber on the ground at ranges and have conducted exercises in their choppers at Fort Dix and other bases, the sources said.

NYPD's acquisition of the rifles was first announced in 2005.

When I first started reading, I was thinking "They musta dun got thumselves wun of them fifty calibur rifles."

But I wonder if anyone really thought about what it really takes to take down a plane. Sure, use a .50 BMG automatic rifle and it probably could take down a jet. But what about the backstop (amount other things). I guess the high-rises are the backstop.

I'm sure the NYPD got one of the 50 caliber heat-seeking projectiles baby/cop killer rounds that have a shoulder thing that goes up!

Police sources told The Post that Kelly and Browne were referring to Barrett .50 caliber rifles that can be mounted on most police helicopters. The bullets can rip through cockpit glass as well as fuselage, and their force has been compared to that of a bazooka.

Are you f***ing kidding me?

These guys watch too many freaking movies or are high on coke or both.
 

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Police sources told The Post that Kelly and Browne were referring to Barrett .50 caliber rifles that can be mounted on most police helicopters. The bullets can rip through cockpit glass as well as fuselage, and their force has been compared to that of a bazooka.

Are you f***ing kidding me?

These guys watch too many freaking movies or are high on coke or both.
 

This. I laughed my @ss off when i read this and then saw it on the news.....crayzay.