FedEx says it wants to install a missile-defense system that “directs infrared laser energy toward an incoming missile … to interrupt the missile’s tracking of the aircraft’s heat.
FedEx says it wants to install a missile-defense system that “directs infrared laser energy toward an incoming missile ... to interrupt the missile’s tracking of the aircraft’s heatDelivery giant FedEx is asking federal regulators for permission to install countermeasures in its cargo jets designed to thwart missile attacks, according to a notice published in the Federal Register.
“In recent years, in several incidents abroad, civilian aircraft were fired upon by man-portable air defense systems ,”
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