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

• Main Author: Singer, Ben.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/55180
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...