Talk:General Assembly/@comment-180.191.130.95-20161125123614/@comment-26017993-20170505055934

There could be a number of factors as to why that is, however I will focus on two of them. One; Due to the fact that so many citizens (as of 2015, NYC's population was around 8.5 million people in the city) are still in the city, so that would rule out air strikes from F/A-18 Hornets, A-10s and AC-130 Spectres due to the high chance of civilian casualties. You could get support from either AH-64s Apaches, UH-60 Black Hawks and/or MH-6 Little Birds, but that can't happen due to Reason Two; When the LMB moved into the UN, they brought with them mutilple SAM batteries and/or shoulder-fired SAM launchers, and as seen right at the beginning of The Division, they would use them to either shoot down anything that didn't have LMB IFF codes on them or, in the case of the Incursion Clear Sky, they would fall under hostile control (in this case, Rikers) and use them to shoot anything down.

To your statement Tex, you are forgetting that NYC is home to JFK International Airport, and that once the situtaion was becoming serious, it was shut down to all international and domestic flights, but that wouldn't stop the US Military from using it as a major supply hub and rally point for the Army, Marines and National Guard coming in and as evac point for anyone who is ok to travel (that is, not infectous and/or asymptomatic carriers (the latter being highly unlikely)). In addition to this, on the Hudson, there is a Wasp-class Amphibious Assault Ship enforcing the lockdown, in addition to a couple of Destroyers on the river.