just to rub it in (with the salt and brackish water.)

What IS the ROI, to-date -- on that initial ~$500K 'investment in airplane commandeering'?

Nearing say, 5 x 106:1 ??
Ooh - do it re GNP, with These exponents.

Precise planning; also perfect Symbolic-targetting. Check
Tactics. Check.
Execution efficiency. Check.
Inducement of blubbering paralyzing-Fear. Check.
Contribution towards long-term seppuku. Check, ie. -
[What you said] Check. Check. Check.


(It must have been Hell for any sentient Romans, too - seeing 500 Freight-laden carts on collision course at the center, with the drivers lighting candles to Astarte and shouting at each other.)