New York ( CNN ) -- The New York Police Department has the capability to `` take down '' threatening airplanes , Commissioner Raymond Kelly said in an interview broadcast on CBS 's `` 60 Minutes '' Sunday night . Asked by interviewer Scott Pelley whether he is satisfied with the handling of potential aerial threats , Kelly responded , `` It 's something that 's on our radar screen . In an extreme situation , we would have some means to take down a plane . '' `` Do you mean to say that the NYPD has the means to take down an aircraft ? '' Pelley asked . `` Yes , '' Kelly answered . `` I prefer not to get into the details , but obviously this would be in a very extreme situation . '' `` You have the equipment and the training ? '' `` Yes . '' There was no comment on the technology that would be used in such a situation . The interview highlighted several other security measures undertaken by the police department 's Counterterrorism Bureau , including random subway searches , officers carrying nuclear radiation detectors on their gun belts , and thousands of `` smart '' cameras in downtown Manhattan . Kelly created the Counterterrorism Bureau in early 2002 in response to the September 11th attacks that occurred 10 years ago last month . Since the attacks , more than $ 3 billion has been spent on New York City counterterrorism measures . Units within the bureau include the Joint Terrorism Task Force , the Lower Manhattan Security Initiative , and the Terrorism Threat Analysis Group . `` We 're the number one target in this country . That 's the consensus in the intelligence community , '' Kelly said . `` We 're the communications capital . We 're the financial capital . We 're a city that 's been attacked twice successfully , we 've had 13 terrorist plots against us since September 11th . No other city has had that . '' On Monday , Mayor Michael Bloomberg commented on the police department 's counterterrorism efforts at an education conference in Manhattan . `` Our job is to make sure that we stay safe going forward and that we show that the terrorists did n't win and that New York City is back , '' he said . `` The New York City Police Department has a lot of capabilities that you do n't know about and you wo n't know about them . '' Although he said that he `` can not guarantee that you are safe forever or perfectly safe , '' he added that `` I can tell you in 10 years we seem to have stopped a number -- and who knows how many additional we do n't know about -- attempts to have terrorism here . '' He went on to reinforce his support for the police department and the spending involved in its operations : `` We spend something like 8 1/2 billion dollars , including pension costs , on our police department and I think it is money well spent . '' The specifics of the department 's capabilities are not commonly discussed with the media . Kelly has said the department is taking every possible measure to keep New Yorkers safe .
NEW : Bloomberg says NYPD `` has a lot of capabilities that you do n't know about `` Kelly : `` In an extreme situation , we would have some means to take down a plane '' There was no comment on the technology that would be used in such a situation . More than $ 3 billion has been spent on New York City counterterrorism measures .