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Saturday, April 27, 2013

New development in anti-missile system for airliners


A new hyper-hemispherical sapphire dome for directional and common infrared countermeasures to protect civilian planes from missiles has been made in Israel.

The 240-degree dedicated dome by the Crystals Division of Rotem Industries solve problems in current systems' design such as limited field of view, optical obstacles and excessive drag.

The system is the first series production unit and will help defeat shoulder-fired missile used by militants to destroy commercial aircraft during takeoffs and landings.

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