http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21088191-23349,00.html
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21081300-23349,00.html
Just wondering what others think of the idea of anti missile technology
on board civilian airliners.
Historically, an airliner has never been downed outside of a combat
zone yet there have been numerous attempts to destroy aircraft by
passing explosives into the cabin of an aircraft. Is this technology
really necessary? To quote Dick Smith, what is "affordable safety" with
regard to the money spent on potential terrorist attacks?
I was interested to read Alexander Downer's comments, when he said,
"I've been on an aircraft myself in Iraq back in 2003 where the
computer identified that a MANPAD had been fired at the aircraft". I
can't recall this event ever making the news and I was unsuccessful
finding any reference to it in a Google search. Could it be a political
furphy to qualify the costs involved in fitting all Aussie airliners
with this technology? As technology evolves does this mean we'll have
to modify aircraft for anti-terrorist related activities on a regular
basis?
