Comment Comment by dm2 Does anyone have any idea what types of terrorist controlled surface-to-air missiles would be able to take out this aircraft?Would any of these systems have prevented it?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Guardianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAMPShttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_GuardBTW, according to the Guardian article a MANPAD can be purchased for as little as $5,000.Apparently this was something else such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buk_missile_systemI know this happened before, but shooting down civilian aircraft cannot be tolerated. parent dm2 12 years ago
Would any of these systems have prevented it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Guardian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAMPS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_Guard
BTW, according to the Guardian article a MANPAD can be purchased for as little as $5,000.
Apparently this was something else such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buk_missile_system
I know this happened before, but shooting down civilian aircraft cannot be tolerated.