Intercepts and Shootdowns
“...Korean Air Lines the Pentagon after 9/11. The French Policies Around the World
Government has deployed Crotale
flight 007, with its surface to air missiles to protect their United Kingdom
nuclear installation at Cap de Hague. In 2002 the parliamentary select
ironically designated The UK has the Rapier missile which is committee on defence issued a report
a short range tactical weapons system outlining the UK’s position on hijacked
James Bond-esque designed to engage enemy aircraft aircraft shoot downs. The committee
and cruise missiles. But these require acknowledged that much of the detail
flight number, was an air exclusion (no fly) zone around is classified but outlined the general
the areas they are protecting, which policies in place in the wake of 9/11.
also shot down by the could interfere with commercial aviation If a rogue (unidentified, non-
needs and if an aircraft – private, communicating, off course) aircraft has
Soviet Union in 1983...” commercial or military – accidentally been declared hostile (a demonstration
wandered into that space the results of an intention imminently to use the
could be tragic. aircraft as a weapon and in a manner
towards a city centre target, the air Given the above difficulties and that will lead to a loss of life) it may
force would most probably have no with more stringent airport security have to be shot down if the following
time to intercept it, let alone shoot it measures, more sophisticated airport circumstances are met:
down, as air force bases are located and aircraft security equipment and • that it is impossible to preserve
outside major cities and by the time better counter terrorism intelligence, it the lives of those on the ground
rapid response jets are scrambled it is hoped that shooting civilians out of without bringing about the
would be too late to intervene. the air for simply being in the wrong death of innocent persons on
Air defence missiles may not be place at the wrong time will never board the aircraft;
in reach of certain areas either. The actually happen, despite the existence • that the continued existence
US has reportedly deployed Patriot of laws to allow this frightening of the aircraft will inevitably
missiles around the White House and scenario to occur. bring about the death of those
View from the cockpit of a fighter jet during an intercept training
excercise near the Falkland Islands in 2005
(Credit: Air Atlanta Icelandic)
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