Dry runs practiced for 9/11 2.0 type of attacks?

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

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

Makes sense, pretty good price tag really too, compared to the cost of cleaning up a crash site and the knock on effect to travel that a successful attack would cause.

Makes sense, pretty good price tag really too, compared to the cost of cleaning up a crash site and the knock on effect to travel that a successful attack would cause.

Its a pretty good price tag just on the cost of an airplane.
A 737 comes in from 75-110 million, so an extra 3 million each isn't that much for extra safety.
If you add the other potential costs you mention its an absolute steal at the price.
Now it would be nicer if there wasn't the threat and some of the worlds crazies didn't have anti aircraft missiles so people wouldn't need to pay for these measures, but they do so we do.