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Anti-Missile Defenses For Commercial Jets

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the asymetrical-warfare dept.

The AP reports that the first anti-missile defense system has been installed for testing on a commercial jet, a FedEx cargo carrier. The system is intended to detect the launch of a shoulder-fired missile at takeoff or landing, and disable the missile with a laser beam. Sen. Barbara Baxter (D-California) is one of the supporters of the system. She and other members of Congress are hoping to equip all US commercial passenger liners with this system in 20 years, at a cost of billions of dollars. Is this good common sense or the costly future of a society hobbled by fear of terrorism?

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  1. I think you mean by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Barbara BOXER?

  2. Edit Much? by cupofjoe · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Um...I may be from California, but even I know that it's Barbara BOXER.

    Thanks, and good-night.

    -joe.

  3. Boxer not Baxter by Mr_Gazlay · · Score: 1, Redundant

    The junior senator from Califorina is Barbara Boxer not Barbara Baxter.

  4. Barbara Baxter? by donutello · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Does California have a third senator besides Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer?

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    Mmmm.. Donuts