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> On October 16, 2019, FedEx applied for a supplemental type certificate to install a laser-based missile-defense system
This was the only airliner shot down in the 10 years prior, it has to be the incident that inspired this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airliner_shootdown_inc...
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> On October 16, 2019, FedEx applied for a supplemental type certificate to install a laser-based missile-defense system
This was the only airliner shot down in the 10 years prior, it has to be the incident that inspired this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airliner_shootdown_inc...