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Airbus Official Ridicules US Anti-Missile Proposal For Super-Jumbo
A US legislative proposal to equip the future Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial airliner, with anti-missile devices is "silly," a senior Airbus official said here Thursday at the Paris Air Show. "It is silly," declared Airbus commercial director John Leahy, adding that if the A380 had anti-missile defences, so should all other aircraft. "The bigger the plane is, the more secure it will be," he said. Republican Representative John Mica, head of the House of Representatives aviation sub-committee, has asked US civil aviation authorities to require protective equipment against surface-to-air missiles on the A380, which he said could be an irresistible target for terrorists. The first commercial flight of the A380, which can carry up to 840 passengers, is scheduled for the end of 2006. All rights reserved. � 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse. Related Links SinoDaily Search SinoDaily Subscribe To SinoDaily Express 
US Bill Seeks Anti-Missile Technology On New Airbus A380
Washington DC (AFP) Jun 15, 2005A new bill presented Tuesday in Congress calls on the US Federal Aviation Administration to insist that European aircraft manufacturer Airbus provide anti-missile technology in its new supercarrier A380s. |
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