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Would it cost much to put automatic chaff and flare dispensers on civilian aircraft?  Admittedly there's not a great deal you can do with chaff and flares versus a crazy big airliner, but it might give it a fighting chance.
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El-Al does fit countermeasures, but their government picks up most of the tab.
Problems with airports having big issues over fire hazard created by flares on approach and departure has led them to shift onto infa-red coundermeasures using lasers instead of flares.
So the govt pays 120 million for protecting the 40 aircraft, which isn't that much really