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Anti-missile devices on Israeli flights

Tel Aviv, Israel - Every plane will cost about EUR 1m

In the next months sophisticated electronic systems defending from ground-air missiles will be installed on some Israeli planes run by El-Al, Israir and Arkya to protect them from eventual terroristic attacks. The decision is due to the failed attack occurred in November 2002 against an El-Al plane taking off at Mombasa airport, Kenya. In that occasion ground-air missiles os terrorists missed the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 52464
Rome, Italy, 09/05/2003 13:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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