Radio War Nerd EP216 — Passenger Airliner Shootdowns

Recorded: January 29, 2020 Guest: "Jared," pilot BANGKOK— The War Nerd thumbs his nose at the conovirus from his rental in Bangkok, Thailand, the country with the second largest death count . . . The Nerd and Ames look at current war news, from confessions of a Salvadoran dirty war commander, to wars in the Gulf and the Sahel . . . After the break, we talk to pilot Jared about what it's like to navigate a passenger plane. Finally, we do a brief history of passenger plane shoot-downs . . . At 02:08 - we talk coronavirus, disaster-fantasy & Sinophobia; At 19:40: War News — El Mozote massacre confession...Trump-Bibi's ludicrous "peace plan"...Yemen's Houthi rebels advance against Saudi "coalition"...UAE deploying mercenaries into Libya civil war...Iran rocket attack on US base in Iraq left 50+ US soldiers with traumatic head wounds, US spy plane shot down over Afghanistan...Ivory Coast heating up, sectarian massacres in Burkina Faso... At 1:05:30 - Discussion with "Jared", a US commercial pilot, to help demystify navigation systems & flying planes At 1:42:28 - A brief history of passenger airplane shoot-downs Total time: 2:27:03 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here