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Raytheon airport grids would divert missiles

By Robert Weisman
Globe Staff / June 14, 2005

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Raytheon Co. is set to disclose at the Paris Air Show today that it is joining the effort to protect commercial aircraft from shoulder-fired missiles with a new technology: a system of infrared sensors and microwave beams that would shield airports and divert missiles away from planes. (Full article: 923 words)

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