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FedEx requests anti-missile lasers for planes
https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/national/fedex-anti-missiile-lasers-planes/522-943d0774-c889-426c-b23d-53f529da2ffaMEMPHIS, Tenn. — FedEx wants to arm some of its cargo planes with lasers designed to defeat heat-seeking missiles.
ABC News reports the shipping company is asking for FAA permission to modify some planes with lasers that would misdirect missiles.
Competitor DHL had an Airbus targeted with a surface-to-air missile just after takeoff from Baghdad in 2003.
The FAA is considering whether the lasers would be safe to ground crews.
Nothing more at link. Weird.
