How Elbit’s laser tech protects airliners

Elbit Systems’ C-MUSIC (see here previously) protects Israeli airliners, as well as civilian aircraft globally, from shoulder-fired, heat-seeking missiles. It detects the missile’s infrared signature and fires a jamming laser that disrupts its seeker head, causing it to miss its target.

https://www.jns.org/analysis/the-laser-beam-disrupts-the-missiles-seeker-head

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