N.Y. congressman revives bill to equip U.S. airliners with anti-missile protection

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JAMES WARREN

WASHINGTON — A New York congressman is reintroducing legislation to install anti-missile technologies on U.S. commercial airliners, prompted by the Ukraine air disaster and Hamas rockets in the Gaza crisis.

Rep. Steve Israel (D-Long Island) on Tuesday confirmed his plans to dust off and recraft a 2003 proposal he made with Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) to require the Defense Department to equip passenger planes with protections against missiles.

The original legislation, the Commercial Airline Missile Defense Act, followed high-profile air tragedies and the 9/11 attacks.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/congressman-revives-bill-anti-missile-defense-planes-article-1.1876440

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1. Im still not flying

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2. Scary stuff.