Boeing 767- Ready for war
 

"U.S. Set to Test Missile Defenses Aboard Airlines

By ERIC LIPTON
Published: May 29, 2005

In an airplane hangar north of Fort Worth, technicians are preparing to mount a fire-hydrant-shaped device onto the belly of an American Airlines Boeing 767. It is an effort that could soon turn into a more than $10 billion project to install a high-tech missile defense system on the nation's commercial planes.

The Boeing 767 - the same type of plane that terrorists flew into the World Trade Center - is one of three planes that, by the end of this year, will be used to test the infrared laser-based systems designed to find and disable shoulder-fired missiles. The missiles have long been popular among terrorists and rebel groups in war zones around the world; the concern now is that they could become a domestic threat. "

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Why not use chaff & flare?

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[quote="dr nein":9a8b0]oOo:

Why not use chaff & flare?[/quote:9a8b0]
because the pilots need to take evasive action with chaffe, and its hard to move like that in a commercial jet liner full of people.

Makes sense. Still, don't they have it on C-130s, Air Force 1, etc?

[quote="dr nein":dd8bf]Makes sense. Still, don't they have it on C-130s, Air Force 1, etc?[/quote:dd8bf]

yeah but there isnt 150 little kids, old people, and women who cant take evasiv manuvers liek that. People would have a heart attack

True. Some asshole would probably file a lawsuit over surviving.

[quote="dr nein":ec42b]True. Some asshole would probably file a lawsuit over surviving.[/quote:ec42b]

Hahahahahahah +1 for it being so possibly true

They actually use chaff and flares on airliners in some foriegn countries. They had a few taken down by shoulder fires and since have been fitting there airliners with them. I dont really have time to hunt down the company that produces it.

That happened in Russia, didn't it? Eastern europe somewhere....?

I think it happend to an Egyptian Airliner back in the 60s or 80s aswell.

[quote="dr nein":12961]True. Some asshole would probably file a lawsuit over surviving.[/quote:12961]

rofl, I don't know why i found this so funny...maybe because its true