To: KeyLargo
Well, in addition to selecting commercial flights using Boeing aircraft, now I'll be looking for aircraft equipped with "missile defenses." And when will these be installed on airlines planes for the "common folk?"
4 posted on
10/15/2006 5:48:31 PM PDT by
toddst
To: toddst
I believe these are modified LAIRCM systems. A full up LAIRCM runs around $5 million a plane, so I doubt they will be widespread.
10 posted on
10/15/2006 5:57:43 PM PDT by
Mr Rogers
(I'm agnostic on evolution, but sit ups are from Hell!)
To: toddst
And when will these be installed on airlines planes for the "common folk?"
El Al has had 'em for years. It's always interesting to taxi past an El Al airliner... interesting non-standard bulges here and there. That's why.
To: toddst
' And when will these be installed on airlines planes for the "common folk?""
It's being certified now for several models of commercial aviation, including, I think, the MD-10, MD-11, 737, and 747.
26 posted on
10/15/2006 7:28:04 PM PDT by
GAB-1955
(being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Kingdom of Heaven....)
To: toddst
And when will these be installed on airlines planes for the "common folk?"All of El Al Airlines flights are protected now.
31 posted on
10/15/2006 10:35:38 PM PDT by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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