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Old 01-14-2022, 11:47 AM
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Old 01-14-2022, 12:03 PM
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Wouldn’t they also need some pretty sensitive radar to even know they’re locked on by a missile?
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Old 01-14-2022, 02:27 PM
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Where are these flying that it would be needed?
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Old 01-14-2022, 02:53 PM
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Wouldn’t they also need some pretty sensitive radar to even know they’re locked on by a missile?
Not how that particular system works. You basically bolt it on and it’s purely automatic. No real pilot involvement. Doesn’t work against the kind of radar guided missile the Russians used to shoot down the airliner over Ukraine.
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You guys do realize FedEx has patents on several inventions and this is just another way to create revenue?
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Originally Posted by drewtei View Post
It's a patent held by FedEx that they're looking to sell/gain business. One of the many.
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Old 01-14-2022, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by drewtei View Post
Potentially anywhere there's a low-intensity conflict, insurgency, or terrorism problem.

This DHL was operating out of Baghdad without one.






El Al aircraft on the other hand have been equipped with anti-missile systems for many years. I don't have a photo of an El Al jet with a missile hole in it.
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Old 01-15-2022, 12:04 PM
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FedEx had these on their MD's 10 years ago.

And they don't have 321's
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Old 01-15-2022, 07:03 PM
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FedEx had these on their MD's 10 years ago.

And they don't have 321's
It was on MD’s as part of a test program.

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?d...2-a74858f4dc25

And FDX doesn’t have 321’s







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You guys do realize FedEx has patents on several inventions and this is just another way to create revenue?
You do realize that FedEx is not the only game in town on the anti-missile system.
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