A manpads threat to civil aviation a failure of terrorist innovation?

On November 28, 2002, an Al Qaeda cell attempted to shoot down an Israeli airliner shortly after takeoff from Mombasa, Kenya, using shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles, also known as man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS). The attempt to bring down the aircraft failed. Despite Al Qaeda...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Singer, Ben.
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/55180