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El-Al has flown with anti-missile defense on commericial aircraft for a while now. Flares since 2004, at least: http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/24/air.d
by tyingq 5y ago
El-Al has flown with anti-missile defense on commericial aircraft for a while now. Flares since 2004, at least: http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/24/air.defense/ http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/24/air.defense/ , and probably upgrades since.
This isn't all that newsworthy to me. I assume FedEx flies into a variety of places where they could be a legitimate target. This probably just means the laser technology is now affordable enough to justify installing it.
Edit: A link to a military anti-missle IR countermeasure device. Might be helpful to see how they work: http://img.bemil.chosun.com/nbrd/data/10067/upfile/201503/20150309073151.pdf http://img.bemil.chosun.com/nbrd/data/10067/upfile/201503/20...
- aaron695 5y ago
- flyinglizard 5y agoI believe there are DIRCM systems in use now which blind missile seekers using gimbaled laser beams. The one offered by Elbit and in use on some Israeli airliners is called C-MUSIC: https://elbitsystems.com/pdf/c-music/ https://elbitsystems.com/pdf/c-music/
- KennyBlanken 5y agoThat infographic designer really phoned it in. "Diverts missiles away from your plane...to the airport terminal!"
- tyingq 5y agoThat's great...missed it when I looked before. Like he couldn't find an angle to show it directed onto some far side of the runway apron in the grass. Nope. Right into the gate area.
- jfengel 5y agoHave they ever actually needed it? Did it work?