Timeline for Why do civil aviation aircraft not routinely carry missile defense systems? [duplicate]
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| Jan 12, 2020 at 4:53 | comment | added | jamesqf | And for why missile systems allow civil aircraft to be targeted, 1) How do you reliably tell the difference between military & civil aircraft? 2) If there WAS some reliable way - say transponder codes for a simple example - wouldn't anyone wanting to carry out a sneak attack simply masquerade as a civil aircraft? 3) There are circumstances, such as a repeat of 9/11, where you might want to shoot down civil aircraft. | |
| Jan 11, 2020 at 18:17 | comment | added | Jörg W Mittag | "All the incidents"? I count 39 in over 80 years. Of those, 1 missed the target, so a missile defense system was not necessary, 8 were attacked with guns, 1 with artillery, so a missile defense system wouldn't have helped, 3 were attacked on the ground, 1 is only rumoured but not proven to be hit by a missile, 1 was an "unknown projectile", several were light aircraft that don't have the power and space to install missile defense systems, 2 stretch the definition of "civilian" (they were Cuban-Americans illegally violating Cuban airspace to drop anti-government propaganda leaflets). | |
| Jan 11, 2020 at 14:48 | comment | added | 60levelchange | See also aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/66587/… | |
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Duplicate of Why don't airliners carry radar jamming technology or missile counter measures? | |
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| Jan 11, 2020 at 12:20 | comment | added | Řídící | Does this answer your question? Why don't airliners carry radar jamming technology or missile counter measures? | |
| Jan 11, 2020 at 12:04 | history | asked | mike | CC BY-SA 4.0 |