>>4078262 (OP)It better have a backup system. redundancy and a parachute deployment if the thing shut down in mid flight (I mean for the plane not the passengers)
but it's what.. 250mph top speed? kind of slow. why take it? that's like 2.5 hours to LA from San Francisco where it's normally 45 minute flight.
also it would be easier to shoot down in the middle east. it's hard to hit something 30k feet up at cruise speed of 550. imagine this giant target flying over Lebanon or Syria coming from Israel.