In this particular case, though, it appears that Ferdaus was planning on simply using large scale, radio controlled model airplanes.
FORBES: Even With Explosives, Model Planes Just Aren't That Dangerous
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Last week, the FBI arrested Rezwan Ferdaus, for allegedly plotting to load C-4 onto three model planes and crash them into the Capital building.
FORBES: Even With Explosives, Model Planes Just Aren't That Dangerous
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In July Rezwan Ferdaus, a Massachusetts resident inspired by al Qaeda's ideology, pleaded guilty to a September 2011 plot to fly a remote-controlled plane into the Pentagon and U.S. capitol with high explosive.
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