MANPADS HAVE THEIR LIMITS
Rachel Ehrenfeld has some facts wrong about man-portable air defense systems (manpads) and airliners (AW&ST Mar. 14, p. 98). Airliners by design are robust platforms; they can take hits and survive. Let's look at two airplanes that have landed with damage that no manpad hits could have inflicted-...
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