PK of Igla vs. airliner?

Little missile, big-ish airplane.

Countermeasures in the commercial fleet seems like an expensive
proposition. One or two "successful" attacks (losses, even) wouldn't
stop me from flying.

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our customers. Our products just aren't engineered for security."
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Raptor wrote in :

Little missile, big-ish airplane.

Countermeasures in the commercial fleet seems like an expensive
proposition. One or two "successful" attacks (losses, even) wouldn't
stop me from flying.


But many other people sure would stop flying.
And the PK depends on how the SAMs are used,what point in the flight the
SAM is launched,like landing/takeoff,low and slow.Recovery from loss of an
engine during TO/landing is much more difficult than during regular flight
at altitude.

Countermeasures would be cheaper and better for the economy in the long
run,and better for a planeload or two of PEOPLE in the short run.(IMO.)

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"Jim Yanik" wrote in message
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Raptor wrote in :

Little missile, big-ish airplane.

Countermeasures in the commercial fleet seems like an expensive
proposition. One or two "successful" attacks (losses, even) wouldn't
stop me from flying.


But many other people sure would stop flying.
And the PK depends on how the SAMs are used,what point in the flight the
SAM is launched,like landing/takeoff,low and slow.Recovery from loss of an
engine during TO/landing is much more difficult than during regular flight
at altitude.

Countermeasures would be cheaper and better for the economy in the long
run,and better for a planeload or two of PEOPLE in the short run.(IMO.)

Countermeasures on airliners looks like a good way to finnish bankrupting
the system.

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Tarver Engineering wrote:


Countermeasures on airliners looks like a good way to finnish bankrupting
the system.

Yeah, ya' gotta watch out for those Finns.

"Bill Shatzer" wrote in message
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Tarver Engineering wrote:


Countermeasures on airliners looks like a good way to finnish
bankrupting
the system.

Yeah, ya' gotta watch out for those Finns.

The Brits are the bad guys in this one.

Bill Shatzer wrote:
Tarver Engineering wrote:

Countermeasures on airliners looks like a good way to finnish
bankrupting the system.

Yeah, ya' gotta watch out for those Finns.

ISTM that a better use of the money would be to pay the Norwegians
for some of their ground radar equipment - and get it up and running
rather more quickly than the Italians did ...