TWA 800’s true memorial?
I’d really like a system that detects and destroys the missile, back tracks it’s trajectory and creates a smoking crater.
But I’m sure some killjoy will point out it’s too expensive...
No, no, no! Such weaponry might offend muslim sensibilities. We don’t need more weapons, we need more empathy for muslims! /libdim/Obama (redundant)
This actually isn't true. The warheads are quite small, and most full-sized airliners are going to survive hits.
This is a classic case of mis-application of resources. The mind-boggling multibillion dollar cost of installing these on every airliner would be far better spent hiring more translators, intelligence agents, etc. to monitor people that might attempt to acquire and use such weapons.
It's sort of interesting, the same sort of people that would support this would be the same people that would mock a few million dollars spent on trying to ID asteroids heading for Earth.