In article .com,
Robert Lynn wrote:
...The planes will operate at say
3000-15000m in an environment where they are never exposed to the
dangers of foreign object ingestion...

Unfortunately, birdstrikes -- by serious birds, like Canada geese -- are
not unknown even at jetliner cruising altitudes.
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