El Al Airlines installs anti-missile systems on passenger aircraft
Here's an incentive to fly our national carrier if any of you need one:El Al Airlines installs anti-missile systems on passenger aircraft
El Al Israel Airlines has installed anti-missiles systems on its passenger aircraft, completing an overhaul launched after a 2002 attempt to shoot down a plane, security sources said on Wednesday.
They said the "Flight Guard", an Israeli-made system costing around $1 million per unit, was operational on the entire El Al fleet. It was not immediately clear if this applied to five planes leased by El Al as well as its own 29 aircraft.
El Al, Israel's national carrier and largest airline, declined to comment, saying it did not discuss security issues.
Israel stepped up efforts to adapt military anti-missile systems for its civilian aircraft after an Israeli charter jet came under attack from shoulder-held missiles in Kenya in 2002.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:19 PM
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Is this for when they put Beit Aryeh (which overlooks Ben Gurion Airport) behind the fence and the terrorists decide to launch missiles at the planes landing?
Just wanted to get that straight.
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