Homeland Security : Protecting Airliners from Terrorist Missiles.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military weapons.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (29 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examines options for protecting commercial airliners from terrorist attacks using shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles (SAMs). Discusses various types of SAMs, shoulder fired SAM proliferation, non-state groups with shoulder-fired SAMs, recent U.S. military and civilian encounters with SAMs, options for defeating SAM threat, Congressional action, and Administration plans and programs.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Homeland Security

Access Restriction:

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