Singapore Airlines aircraft to get anti missile systems

Singapore’s government said Sunday it plans to install anti-missile defenses on the airplanes of its national carrier and a subsidiary.
Authorities are developing a defensive device that they hope to have ready for use by Singapore Airlines and SilkAir planes in two years, said Ministry of Defense spokesman Alex Tan.
The government has not yet determined how it will spread the cost between the government and the airline, Tan said. He did not provide a cost estimate.
Singapore’s military planes are already outfitted with missile defense technology, the spokesman said.
Fears of an attack on commercial jetliners increased after terrorists fired two heat-seeking rockets that missed an Israeli passenger plane taking off from Kenya in November 2002.