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Anti-Missile Technology To Be Tested on Commercial Jets
Hugh Pickens writes "As many as three American Airlines passenger jets will be outfitted this spring with laser technology intended to protect planes from missile attacks. The tests, which could involve more than 1,000 flights, will determine how the technology holds up under the rigors of flight. The technology is intended to stop attacks by detecting heat from missiles, then responding in a fraction of a second by firing laser beams to jam the missiles' guidance systems. A Rand study in 2005 estimated it would cost about $11 billion to protect every US airliner from shoulder-fired missiles. Over 20 years, the cost to develop, procure and operate anti-missile systems could hit $40 billion."
Sure, lets never bother to prepare for anything just because it has never happened before. Because, after all, the bad bad men would never think of anything that hasn't been tried before either...
HEY! Don't you know ANYTHING?? NEVER let facts get in the way of a good jew-bash! Everything can be blamed on the JOOO...I mean THE ISRAEL LOBBY! Including the faking of the moon landing. Damn jooo...err, zionists!