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Politics : The Iraq War And Beyond

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To: Ed Huang who wrote (343)8/13/2003 10:19:43 PM
From: Ed Huang   of 9018
 
Costs High in Making Airliners Safe Against Attack
Wed August 13, 2003 04:08 PM ET

By Jason Neely, European Airlines & Aerospace Correspondent
LONDON (Reuters) - A sting operation that foiled a plot to smuggle shoulder-mounted missiles into the United States to shoot down a commercial plane underscores the continuing vulnerability of airlines to attack, analysts said Wednesday.

"This thing is one of the great kept secrets that people don't want to talk about, especially with airlines having the (financial) problems they have," said aerospace analyst Andrew Brookes at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies.

reuters.com
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