Jan 4

Airplanes Getting Missile Defense

Passenger jets get anti-missile devices: Interesting to see this happen. It seems they’ve been talking about it since 9/11.

Tens of thousands of airline passengers will soon be flying on jets outfitted with anti-missile systems as part of a new government test aimed at thwarting terrorists armed with shoulder-fired projectiles.

Someone made an argument some time ago that airports should have anti-missile systems, not airplanes. A 747 cruises at 37,000 feet, while a Stinger has an effective range of about 15,000 feet, so there’s a relative short period of time on takeoff and landing when a plane will be in danger.

by Deane   January 4, 2008 6:51 AM   |

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by joe,   January 5, 2008 1:58 PM  

great. Count this as millions (billions?) of dollars to be spent defending movie-plot threats.

more info http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2005/09/68789 http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/04/announcing_movi.html

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