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Laser anti-missile system for El Al

Tel Aviv, Israel - A variant of military applications it will be installed on commercial airplanes

Israeli national airline, El Al, and the other commercial carriers of the country are going to install on their aircraft a laser anti-missile system built by Elbit Systems. The agreement, reached with the Jewish state's ministry of transports for the supply of the C-MUSIC (Commercial MUlti-Spectral Infra-red Countermeasure), has a value of $76 million. C-MUSIC is based on the MUSIC system, a direct...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1106400
Rome, Italy, 06/26/2009 15:19
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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