http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/ Engadget Comments for Passenger planes at JFK to be outfitted with anti-missile systems http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 23rd 2008 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/
CHAFF CHAFF CHAFF !]]>Jan 5th 2008 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655]]>Jan 5th 2008 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.google.com/search?q=dhl+missile&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS237US237]]>Jan 5th 2008 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/
September 3, 1978: An Air Rhodesia Viscount passenger airliner crash landed after being hit by a MANPADS fired by Zimbabwe Peoples Revolution Army rebels. Four crew members and 32 of the 54 passengers were killed in the crash. 10 survivors were shot to death afterwards.

December 19, 1988: Two Douglas DC-7 spray aircraft, chartered by the U.S. Agency for International Development to eradicate locusts, en route from Senegal to Morocco, were struck by MANPADS fired by POLISARIO rebels in the Western Sahara. One DC-7 crashed killing all 5 crew members. The other DC-7 landed safely in Morocco.

April 6, 1994: A Dassault Mystere-Falcon 50 executive jet carrying the Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi and its French flight crew was shot down over Kigali, killing all aboard and sparking massive ethnic violence and regional conflict.

October 10, 1998: A Boeing 727 airliner was downed over the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Tutsi rebels, killing 40.

December 26, 1998: A United Nations-chartered Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport was shot down over Angola by UNITA rebels, killing 14.

January 2, 1999: A United Nations Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport was shot down over Angola by UNITA rebels, killing 9.

November 28, 2002: Terrorists fired two MANPADS at an Arkia Airlines Boeing 757-300 with 271 passengers and crew as it took off from Mombasa, Kenya. Both missiles missed.

November 22, 2003: A DHL Airbus A-300 cargo jet transporting mail in Iraq was struck and damaged by a MANPADS. Though hit in the left fuel tank, the plane was able to return to Baghdad airport and land safely.

from http://usinfo.state.gov/is/Archive/2005/Sep/21-544508.html]]>Jan 6th 2008 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/
These systems actually aren't radar-based. They use a laser to "dazzle" and confuse the IR seeker on a heat-seeking missile. I bet they could also work on optically-guided missiles to some extent as well. They also won't stop an RPG, since the only way to stop those is maneuver out of its way or add armor.

My additional $.02: a smaller airport would, in my mind, be more vulnerable to this type of attack than a place like JFK. Say, Manchester, NH, where you can get right on the approach or departure end of the runway. Not as busy and smaller planes, but easier to hide a Stinger or SA-7...]]>Jan 5th 2008 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/The_Arsenal_of_Freedom]]>Jan 5th 2008 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/
They are called DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS.

The new Lockheed Martin F-35 and some ground based defense systems are currently testing DEW.

They are basically high powered lasers you can point at a target and fire - causing the target to explode since the fuel overheats. The Pentagon believes in them as the best choice for ballistic missile defense but, more likely fighter jets will use them since they don't require the same storage space a machine gun does and are INSTANT HIT weapons (speed of light)]]>Jan 5th 2008 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 23rd 2008 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 25th 2008 2:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/
I wonder however, what would happen if an airplane was used in a terrorist attack - and the government sent a fighter to shoot it down - and the jet had one of these counter warfare systems. ]]>Jan 5th 2008 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 6th 2008 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 8th 2008 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 6th 2008 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=1540304&C=airwar
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"The anti-missile system, which can be attached underneath the aircraft, amounts to a jamming device that works to send a heat seeking missile off course."]]>Jan 5th 2008 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/"it's step three in a government-mandated program to determine the suitability of such systems, which involve radar jammers to throw ground-fired missiles off course."

Notice that? radar jammers ]]>Jan 5th 2008 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/
"This is phase three of Congressionally mandated testing to determine the suitability of these systems," said DHS spokeswoman Amy Kudwa.]]>Jan 5th 2008 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Thanks for the info though, comforting to know they aren't quite so daft :)
]]>Jan 5th 2008 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Although I guess there are smaller objects and weather radar that would still need some basic cleanness of the radar-frequencies to be kept an eye on.
But even when a terrorist of some sort had a radar-guided missile he'd still be best foiled with chaff rather than a jammer.
Then again, a terrorist with lots of technical skill and finances could make a transponder seeking missile theoretically..]]>Jan 6th 2008 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 5th 2008 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 6th 2008 12:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 6th 2008 2:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 6th 2008 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 6th 2008 1:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/First of all, the F-117 was exposed due to rain on the stealth paint creating a radar image for a guided missile to track. it was a guided missile that downed her.]]>Jan 6th 2008 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/passenger-planes-at-jfk-to-be-outfitted-with-anti-missile-system/Jan 6th 2008 6:33AM