Is there some kind of threat coming to the U.S. using a hand-held rocket launcher?
Federal Task Force Working Out Missile Attack Defense for Commercial Planes Wednesday, January 15, 2003 WASHINGTON The government has taken undisclosed steps to protect commercial flights from a missile attack and a task force has been assembled to come up with more ideas, officials said Wednesday. The government has long been concerned about the possibility of a shoulder-fired missile taking down a plane, but an unsuccessful attack on an Israeli jet in Kenya in November hastened the need to act. After the attempted shootdown, U.S. security officials formed a task force to assess the danger posed by such weapons. They concluded the threat could be due to better vigilance among local police and airport officials. One approach under consideration is a neighborhood watch program that would educate local police and residents near airports to identify missile parts and to be on the lookout for suspicious people. “Someone is not going to be able to just whip one of these things out of a brie
