The other was to try to hit the inside ring by attacking from the opening in the middle. The thinking here was that building was more reanforced along the outer edge, and that firefighting efforts would be more difficult since access was much more limited.


I agree - However the ability of the building to contain fire due to the materials used may not have produced the sort of damage hoped for.

And this is one of my major objections to the idea of a cruise missile. The people organising such an attack would know just what a tough old bird the Pentagon is.

Seriouly - Given the place was slapped with a fully loaded commercial airliner, it barely took much more than a scratch, and the vast majority of the facility could have continued functioning as if nothing had happened.