measures that was developed after a israeli passenger jet was attacked. but those are designed to counteronly simpler shoulder fired missiles. to fend off more sophisticated radar missiles like the one fired at the malaysia airlines jet, one possible countermeasure could be fired from the commercial plane in a canister. that canister would burst open and send out what s called chaf, metal confetti. it creates a cloud that s much larger than the aircraft and this cloud distracts the missile because the radar cross-section of the cloud is much bigger than that of the aircraft so the missile is thrown off targets. reporter: but experts say it s only a few seconds before the missile could lock back on to the aircraft and installing
terrorists launched a shoulder-fired missile and barely missed a passenger jet taking off from kenya in 2002. those are designed to encounter simpler, shoulder-fired missiles. to fend off more sophisticated radar-guarded missiles, one possible counter measure, according to experts in various reports, could be fired from the commercial plane in a canister. that canister would burst open and send out what is called chaffe, metal confetti. it create as cloud that s much larger than the aircraft and this cloud distracts the missile because the radar cross section of the cloud is much bigger than that of the aircraft and the missile is thrown off target. reporter: but experts say it s only for a few seconds before the missile could lock
measures on commercial planes. those systems could have prevented this. on november 2003 attack on a dhl cargo plane over baghdad. it managed to land safely. israel already has counter measures on its el-al planes developed after terrorists launched a shoulder fired missile and barely missed an israeli passenger jet in 2002. on the israeli planes a laser moves toward a missile and deflects it away. but those are designed to count ker only simpler shoulder fired missiles. to fend off more sophisticated radar guided missiles, one possible counter measure according to experts in various reports could be fired from the commercial plane in a canister that would burst open and send out what s called chaff, metal confetti. reflective aluminum particles create a cloud much larger than