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Dunvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 08:46 AM Original message |
El Al Airlines installs anti-missile systems on passenger aircraft |
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quispquake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. My first thought... |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. No one hijacks an El Al airplane. It's the world's most secure airline. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. A sufficiently creative person (group) could hijack *ANY* plane. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Indeed |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. True, but El Al has a 100% safe record for decades now. n/t |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 12:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. They obviously are planning to keep it that way |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. What a profound lack of knowledge of weaponry you have. These are flares. |
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Burried News (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Smart move. Missile arming could require ground authorization |
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canichelouis (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. On the subject of El Al.. trivia |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. so people would be traveling on a WMD? |
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toopers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. No. |
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chapel hill dem (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. The flare system is pretty old technology. The trick is to have sensors |
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