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Old 23rd July 2014 | 06:53
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mixture
 
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all EL AL aircraft are equipped with counter measures?
Assuming you believe what you read on Wikipedia......

El-Al began installing radar-based, automated flare release countermeasures from June 2004.This caused concerns in some European countries, which proceeded to ban such aircraft from landing at their airports.

Its a system called Flight Guard by Elta Systems Ltd.
One American senator is busy making a knee-jerk call for flares on US aircraft too according to the Washington Post....
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