Just heard this on the radio... El al is going to equip several of its passengerplanes with a missile detection-system + countermessures to distract the incomming missile. Seems some time ago one of their planes was nearly missed by a rocket attack. When these planes are converted, they will be put into service on high-risk routes... Where is the world going to...

THE SHOOTING DOWN OF TWO AIR RHODESIA AIRCRAFT IN SEPTEMBER 1978 & FEBRUARY 1979

For many years the Viscounts had operated a service every day from Salisbury to Kariba to Wankie National Park to Victoria Falls and returning to Salisbury by the reverse route. It was on the last leg from Kariba to Salisbury on the 3rd of September 1978 that Air Rhodesia Flight RH825 radioed a Mayday call. The aircraft "The Hunyani" with fifty two passengers and four crew members on board was hit by a heat seeking Sam 7 missile. It had been fired by ZIPRA men ..... terrorists, guerrillas, combatants, comrades, cadres, freedom fighters, soldiers (depending on your viewpoint)

On the 12 Feb. 1979 another Viscount "The Umniati" Air Rhodesia Flight RH827 was shot down not far from the site of the first crash. This time all 59 on board where lost.

If by T you mean terrorist, they don't do it because they have developing brain cancer-the vast majority of suicide bombers are perfectly healthy, young men

I am surprised that they are going to use flares rather than a IR dazzler head or heads. Flares are somewhat more effective, but carry with them risks that don't occur with dazzler heads.

Chris_F, I was thinking more along the lines of this:

http://www.dsd.es.northropgrumman.com/commercial_aircraft/index.html

I'd rather fit this than the low power dazzlers fitted to tactical helos. Systems in the link above are much more effective at blinding the seeker head of an IR threat (even an SA-13).

No problems with expendable stores either.