FiveGirlKit
22nd Jul 2015, 07:27
"British military personnel are training foreign governments on how to prevent terrorists shooting down airliners with shoulder-launched missiles looted from Col Muammar Gaddafi’s stockpiles.
Thousands of hand-held, ground-to-air missile launchers were seized by militiamen as they captured regime bases during the Libyan revolution in 2011.
The missiles have since turned up in warzones and failed states across Africa and the Middle East and have been described as an unprecedented menace to air traffic. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/10115887/Al-Qaedas-how-to-guide-for-using-surface-to-air-missiles-found-in-Mali.html)"
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/thousands-of-libyan-missiles-from-qaddafi-era-missing-in-action/ (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/thousands-of-libyan-missiles-from-qaddafi-era-missing-in-action/)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/11749977/RAF-aims-to-stop-menace-of-terrorist-missile-strikes-on-airliners.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/11749977/RAF-aims-to-stop-menace-of-terrorist-missile-strikes-on-airliners.html)
These missiles could be anywhere in the world where there is a terrorist threat and where border controls are lax. "You have stockpiles and availability of these weapons in an environment where a terrorist can readily get access to them... It's a serious concern."
Compared to the other mitigating measures to combat the current threats to aviation safety (such as: the 2-persons-in-the-cockpit recommendation; psychological evaluation of pilots; SMS; risk based regulations; volcanic ash detection; etc.), the mitigating measures to this significant threat do not seem to be adequate, as they seem to be focussed on stopping the weapons being smuggled on-board.
There seems to be no mention of the threat during take-off and landing…..
Thousands of hand-held, ground-to-air missile launchers were seized by militiamen as they captured regime bases during the Libyan revolution in 2011.
The missiles have since turned up in warzones and failed states across Africa and the Middle East and have been described as an unprecedented menace to air traffic. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/10115887/Al-Qaedas-how-to-guide-for-using-surface-to-air-missiles-found-in-Mali.html)"
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/thousands-of-libyan-missiles-from-qaddafi-era-missing-in-action/ (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/thousands-of-libyan-missiles-from-qaddafi-era-missing-in-action/)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/11749977/RAF-aims-to-stop-menace-of-terrorist-missile-strikes-on-airliners.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/11749977/RAF-aims-to-stop-menace-of-terrorist-missile-strikes-on-airliners.html)
These missiles could be anywhere in the world where there is a terrorist threat and where border controls are lax. "You have stockpiles and availability of these weapons in an environment where a terrorist can readily get access to them... It's a serious concern."
Compared to the other mitigating measures to combat the current threats to aviation safety (such as: the 2-persons-in-the-cockpit recommendation; psychological evaluation of pilots; SMS; risk based regulations; volcanic ash detection; etc.), the mitigating measures to this significant threat do not seem to be adequate, as they seem to be focussed on stopping the weapons being smuggled on-board.
There seems to be no mention of the threat during take-off and landing…..