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Alan Rabinowitz knows tough. The director of the Wildlife Conservation Society's science and exploration program, Rabinowitz made his bones as a young zoologist who would go anywhere to map the shrinking habitats of big animals. He's endured 500-mile hikes through pure jungle, survived malaria, leech attacks, shaky...
The airline industry frowns on mandating the technology, claiming the strategy is unproven and expensive. Even American Airlines, a participant in the tests, is "philosophically opposed."
Three American Airlines Boeing 767s will be fitted with lasers designed to jam and deflect missiles. Not that missiles will be fired: the experiments will explore the equipment's durability and its effect on fuel use.
Retrofitting a single plane with the laser technology could cost up to $1 million (there are 6,800 U.S. jets), plus added fuel costs. Still undecided: whether the Federal Government or the airlines would foot the bill.
Cost of a Montana flight from Lewiston to Billings and back on Big Sky Airlines