Hand-Held Missiles Cause Concern for US Government, Airlines

ghewgill · 01-17-2003, 07:49 PM

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Here in the United States, federal air safety officials are growing increasingly concerned about the threat of terrorists acquiring hand-held missiles and shooting down airliners, something that has been tried at least twice in the past year.

dbaker · 01-20-2003, 04:54 AM

Given the significant expense of missile defense systems in aircraft and the odds of someone being successful in hitting a commercial airliner with a missile, combined with the unlikelihood of such an attack, it seems like keeping missiles out of the US might be a better option than trying to have every airplane able to defend itself from them.

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01-20-2003, 04:54 AM	#2
dbaker Senior Member ITYT Captain Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IAH/HOU Posts: 2,354	Given the significant expense of missile defense systems in aircraft and the odds of someone being successful in hitting a commercial airliner with a missile, combined with the unlikelihood of such an attack, it seems like keeping missiles out of the US might be a better option than trying to have every airplane able to defend itself from them.