Protecting Commercial Aviation Against the Shoulder-fired Missile Threat
James Chow; James Chiesa; Paul Dreyer; Mel Eisman; Theodore W. Karasik; Joel Kvitky; Sherrill Lingel; David A. Ochmanek; Chad Shirley
RAND
2005
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Examines the capabilities and costs of onboard technologies to divert missiles attacking commercial airliners. Given the significant uncertainties in the cost and effectiveness of countermeasures, a decision to install them should be postponed, and concurrent development efforts to reduce these uncertainties should proceed as rapidly as possible.