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Drones to Thwart Missiles

Posted March 07, 2007 12:29 PM

From Wired News: Top Stories:

The always-excellent Defense Daily has the scoop on a new effort by the Department of Homeland Security to protect commercial airliners from the threat of man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) -- shoulder-fired missiles. Government scientists and military contractors have proposed all kinds of tricks to protect passenger planes from shoulder-fired missiles since 2002, when an Israeli 757 was attacked in Kenya.

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Re: Drones to Thwart Missiles

03/08/2007 12:37 AM

Take off toward the sun.

Heatseeking missles prefer the hot sun to a cooler engine.

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03/08/2007 6:23 AM

Shoot anyone within a 3 mile radius of an airport carrying a ground to air missile launcher, (Stinger?) - That would seem a sensible solution,

Or, knowing what this government is like, post notices around the airport banning the use of shoulder fired ground to air missiles!!

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