Why Does the Cargo Carrier FedEx Have a Missile Defense System on Its Planes?

FedEx launches air defense missiles onto cargo jets prevent threats that may pose He wanted to add a system for the system and submitted it to the US Department of Transportation through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Some FedEx aircraft currently have this system.

Well, a cargo company, Even though he is not doing any special or risky work Why would he want to have a missile defense system?

Firstly; Let’s look at how the missile defense system works:

Defense system to be placed on the aircraft; any missile, prevents the aircraft from monitoring the heat it produces and can fire lasers consisting of infrared light towards incoming missiles. These lasers are not effective enough to destroy a missile, but they can at least distract the danger from the aircraft.

FedEx also uses infrared laser energy; for people on board, creatures on the ground and other aircraft. He also accepts that it poses a great danger.

There have been commercial or civilian aircraft damaged by missile attacks before.

International Civil Aviation Organization; He reported that since 1970, 42 civilian aircraft have been shot down by missile systems. One such example was an Israeli plane with 250 passengers on board that was shot down while taking off from Mombasa, Kenya, in November 2002. It was hit by shrapnel from a MANPADS missile. Fortunately, the plane managed to land safely at the airport.

Another example is in 2003, after a DHL cargo plane flying from Iraq to Bahrain was hit by a MANPADS missile that hit the left wing of the plane. He had to make an emergency landing. Despite extensive damage to the aircraft’s wing and complete loss of hydraulic control, the three-man crew was able to land by controlling the aircraft only with varying engine thrust.

In our content below, we explained how passenger planes were affected by similar events:

In short, missiles pose a certain level of threat to commercial air traffic.

Since FedEx plans to install the missile defense system on an aircraft it has not yet used, the company conduct special operations There is speculation that he is planning to use the system for this purpose.

However, as the FAA notes, shipping companies as it will enable it to operate in high-risk areas as well. Missile defense systems could be quite useful for them.

You can also watch the video in which we explain Israel’s missile defense system called Iron Dome: